Painting of a European marketplace

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British infantry shelter in trenches

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Trench tactics: how was war fought in the WW1 trenches?

Watercolour illustration of Istanbul

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Soldiers in First World War uniform eat in the trenches

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A French soldier pictured next to wrecked German lorries.

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An older man sitting against a desk, looking towards the camera.

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Napoleonic Wars timeline: the key dates you need to know

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was "undeniably the most pivotal battle of this campaign", it was not the final battle against France, says Jem Duducu. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Watercolour illustration of Warsaw

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A fifteenth century manuscript illustration showing the Knights Templar being burned in the presence of King Philip IV of France.

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Watercolour illustration of Split

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The history of Split: Croatia’s splendid Roman palace city

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (Illustration by Andy Tuohy)

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Eleanor of AquitaineWhy did she revolt against her husband?

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The history of Paris: Romans, Renaissance and Revolution

Water colour image of Madrid, showing a building behind a water fountain

General History

The history of Madrid: from the Moors to modernity

Watercolour illustration of Lisbon, showing a street leading up towards a church

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The history of Lisbon: Portugal’s capital of exploration and commerce

Hitler and French Marshal Henri-Phillipe Petain

Second World War

Vichy France: your guide to the WW2 regime

A 1948 photograph of the House of Epidius Rufus in Pompeii. The structure had to be rebuilt after being damaged by Allied bombs during WWII (Photo by SuperStock/Alamy Stock Photo)

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How were Pompeii and Herculaneum discovered?

An 18th-century artwork depicting the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius from across the Bay of Naples (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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PompeiiA timeline of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

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A 19th-century depiction of the market of Pompeii

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PompeiiWhat was life like before the eruption of Vesuvius?

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

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A 17th-century engraving of the Mount Vesuvius eruption of AD 79, by Athanasius Kircher (Photo by Shawshots/Alamy Stock Photo)

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A relief on Trajan's Column shows Roman troops crossing the Danube during the war against the Dacians. Victory was the framework upon which Pax Romana was built (Photo by akg-images/Erich Lessing)

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History's Greatest Cities Season 2

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Watercolour illustration of Athens

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A portrait of Chevalier d’Éon presenting as a woma

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Fulvia gleefully posing with Cicero’s severed head, in an 1898 painting by Pavel Svedomsky. Whether or not she pierced his tongue with hairpins is the subject of debate (Photo by CBW / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Men of the 23rd US Infantry in France, 1918. The Western Front w ould not have even come into existence had the Schlieffen Plan been executed successfully. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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