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Pompeii wasn’t destroyed when you think it was. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An African king in the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julius Caesar, wearing a red cloak, rides a dark horse through the shallow water of the Rubicon, accompanied by two soldiers. The painting’s muted, misty landscape suggests the moment of his fateful crossing.

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Monsters of Rome: do emperors such as Nero and Caligula deserve their reputations?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient tomb fresco depicting a row of soldiers standing in a procession, holding spears and round, colourful shields

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In 197 BC, the Romans faced their greatest enemy. You won't believe what they did next. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was the story of Jesus inspired by Emperor Augustus? The clever trick early Christians used to convert ancient Rome

Detail of an ancient Roman mosaic showing the Persian king Darius III in a chariot, surrounded by armed soldiers during the Battle of Issus.

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Ancient Rome's founding fathers: the extraordinary stories of the city's first kings

Collage of twelve photographs of ancient Roman sites, including ruined amphitheatres, a triumphal arch, a mosaic floor, a columned temple, and old paved roads.

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These are the 12 most underrated Roman sites in the world – how many have you visited?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Roman kings: myth, memory and the making of power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mosaic showing a person driving a two‑ox cart loaded with goods against a red, vine‑patterned background.

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Could you have survived in ancient Rome? (Probably not for very long, according to our expert). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6Zenobia: The queen who challenged the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Three marble busts of Roman emperors are displayed against a warm reddish‑brown architectural backdrop. In the centre background, a larger, golden‑toned bust of Constantine the Great faces forward, its smooth, idealised features contrasting with the two smaller foreground busts. The bust on the left shows an older emperor with deep facial lines and closely cropped hair; the bust on the right depicts a younger man with softer features. To the far right, a fragment of a colossal marble hand appears, its index finger extended

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25 wild facts about Roman emperors – from fish semen to lethal parties. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A person sits on a red‑and‑gold vintage sofa in a room decorated with hanging string instruments, including a banjo, mandolin, violin, balalaika, and lute. A keyboard is partly visible on the left and a wooden chest on the right.

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How did the Romans conquer Britain? You might be surprised by what our expert has to say. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Overhead view of a human skeleton buried in a seated position within a circular pit at an archaeological excavation in Dijon, France.

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These Iron Age bodies were all buried in the same bizarre way. What does it mean?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Inside Pompeii with Tom Hiddleston: the hidden detail that most people miss. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Roman mosaic depicting elegantly dressed figures surrounded by luxury goods, including shells, chests, vessels and other valuable objects, suggesting trade, wealth and domestic consumption.

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The ancient Romans thrived on consumerism. Here's what was on their shopping lists

Tom Hiddleston examines evidence of the events that unfolded at Pompeii. (National Geographic/Christian Black)

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"Just like us and not at all" – what Tom Hiddleston wants us to remember about Pompeii

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Episode 4Why Pompeii's tragedy still captivates us today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3How ancient Pompeii was rediscovered. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2The final days of Pompeii. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Roman mosaic depicting a tragic theatrical mask with exaggerated features and flowing curls, surrounded by decorative foliage, from the House of the Faun in Pompeii.

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Did the ancient Romans of Pompeii know they were destined for doom?

Tom Hiddleston in Pompeii, Out of Time

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The Pompeii mystery Tom Hiddleston wants to solve

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Episode 1Before the volcano: life in ancient Pompeii. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An older person with long grey hair sits smiling in a chair, surrounded by vases of colourful flowers.

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"The ancient past is utterly weird": Mary Beard on 50 years of studying the Romans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Roman fresco showing the mythological death of Pentheus, surrounded and attacked by maenads in flowing garments amid a dramatic, chaotic scene.

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Archaeologists and historians still haven't solved Pompeii's biggest mystery. Here's why

Ancient Roman fresco from Pompeii depicting household guardian spirits in flowing garments, with two dancing figures flanking a central female figure against a faded plaster wall.

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How did ordinary Romans worship the gods? Scientists have found hidden clues in Pompeii. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This engraving depicts the battle of Zama in 202 BC, the decisive clash of the Second Punic War. Led by Scipio Africanus, Roman forces defeated Hannibal’s Carthaginian army, ending Carthage’s challenge to Roman power and marking Rome’s emergence as the dominant force in the western Mediterranean.

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2,200 years ago Rome got caught in the Thucydides Trap. The result transformed the ancient world

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A worker's eye-view of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Relief sculpture showing a Roman triumphal procession with figures, horses, and a chariot carrying a central leader.

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2,000 years ago, ancient Roman forces annihilated Jerusalem. Was its destruction inevitable?

A collage combines several portraits and illustrations of rulers and notable figures, including people in regal robes, armour, and elaborate crowns, alongside a muscular figure drawn in a black‑and‑white engraving style.

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16 of the worst monarchs in history

A woman kneels with arms raised as mounted warriors approach on horseback outside a city.

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The Huns terrorised Rome's frontiers – but wanted to keep the ancient empire alive

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