What are Roman numerals and where do they come from? The obvious answer is Rome, as the name suggests. But that's not the whole story, as the Romans did like to pinch things from their neighbours…
Edward III's stunning victory over the French at the battle of Crécy marked a new dawn for the humble foot soldier. Julian Humphrys investigates what happened during this decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War...
He was staid, dutiful, hesitant and insecure – and the public loved him for it. Denis Judd reveals how George VI's sheer ordinariness helped make him the darling of the nation…
Peter Jones highlights the most significant moments in the history of the world's first great civilisations – from King Tutankhamun's death in c1323 BC to the day Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79…
Historian John Dickie talks to BBC History Magazine's Ellie Cawthorne about his new book charting the history of Freemasonry, from Enlightenment ideals and influential networks to secrecy and satanic conspiracy stories...
Join us on Thursday 3 September at 7pm for a fascinating virtual talk from Helen Fry on the thrilling history of MI9 – the WW2 organisation that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines...
On the latest episodes of the HistoryExtra podcast: Tom Licence discusses the life and times of Edward the Confessor; Jonathan Lichtenstein talks to us about how he accompanied his father on a journey back to Berlin in 1939; and Caroline Dodds Pennock answers questions about the Aztecs…
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