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The imperial rostra was created by Julius Caesar and expanded by Augustus. It the speaker's platform in the forum, originally a curved wall portion of the round Comitium, decoded with bronze ship rams after a naval victory in 338 BCE. Augustus...

The Regia was an old (7th Century BCE) structure that may have first been the king's house in the regal period. By the time of the Augustus, it took on its definitive appearance, faced with Carrara marble. The structure had a number of...

The Temple of Saturn was one of the great Republican temples of Rome. It still stands overlooking the Forum from the Capitoline hill slopes. It was dedicated in the early 5th Century BCE, rebuilt in the Augustan age by L. Muncius Plancus...

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An aerial tour of Chepstow Castle in Wales. The castle was first built c. 1067 CE by Earl William FitzOsbern, and then extended from c. 1190 CE by Sir William Marshal (c. 1146-1219 CE).

Reasons why such low estimates for life expectancy during the MIddle Ages are often tossed around. From infant mortality skewing the stats, to the risks of childbirth and disease.

The ancient warlord Genghis Khan was a brutal yet progressive leader who's reach nearly took over the entire East. In today's animated educational cartoon we look at the history of Genghis Khan and the legacy he left behind.

In Netflix's The King, Timothée Chalamet stars as real-life king Henry V of England. But Henry wasn't destined to sit on the throne. We explain the combination of chance and skill that led to his ascent in this real, wild historical companion...

After Henry II of England forges a mighty empire including England and France, his sons Richard I of England and King John of England turn on their father and bring the dynasty to the edge of collapse.

In the last century of their rule, four Plantagenet kings are violently deposed and murdered by members of their own family and England is dragged into decades of brutal civil war.