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A detail of a fresco of Hannibal riding his elephant. It is estimated he took as many as 40 elephants when he marched an army across the Alps and into northern Italy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

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Q&AHow many elephants did Hannibal take over the Alps?

King Alfred The Great's statue designed by Hamo Thornycroft and erected in 1899 stands at the eastern end of the Broadway in Winchester, Hampshire, England. (Photo by Tony Baggett/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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Q&AHow many English kings were known as ‘the Great’?

Relief of a charioteer

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Q&AWho was the highest-paid sportsman in history?

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A mosaic depicting the poet Virgil writing the Aeneid. (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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How to succeed in Ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&AWhere does the name ‘London’ come from?

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Roman slavery and the man who started the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the Zodiac Man

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Q&AWhy did physicians ‘bleed’ their patients?

Picture of the last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus

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Q&AWhat happened to the last emperor of Rome?

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Q&AWhat does it mean to 'cross the Rubicon'?

Photo of a bishop's mitre

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Q&AWhy are bishops called Pontiffs?

1,138: The number of London children recorded as dying of “teeth” in 1685. (Illustration: James Albon for BBC History Magazine)

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Larry Siedentrop photographed for BBC History Magazine. (Image by Geraint Lewis)

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Historian Miles Russell. (Photography by Philip Hartley for BBC History Magazine)

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History explorerExtravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This detail from the Gundestrup Cauldron – a richly decorated silver vessel thought to date from the second-century BC – depicts a Celtic god or druid surrounded by beasts. (Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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Never-before-seen Roman artefacts to go on display for first time

A depiction of Hannibal at the battle of Trasimene, which is "today remembered as one of the most stunning victories in military history". (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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A big day in history: Hannibal smashes his foes "at the very gates of Rome". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

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A Pompeian fresco from the first century showing a woman tuning a musical instrument. Excavations at the partially buried Roman city reveal that women played a prominent role in the home, and that they took personal grooming very seriously indeed. (Photo by: Werner Forman/UIG via Getty Images)

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Grosvenor Museum, Chester

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A ceiling fresco depicting Christ. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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A relief showing Emperor Constantine's over Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge. (Prisma/UIG/Getty Images)

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A big day in history: “A cross of light” leads Constantine to victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rochester Castle

The Fire of Rome, by Hubert Robert (1733-1808). "It was the worst possible place for a fire to break out, and fear turned into outright panic," says Dominic Sandbrook.  Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The LibraryA big day in history: the Great Fire of Rome

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A cast of a Roman warship carrying armed soldiers. (Photo By DEA / G. NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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The Roman invasion: whose side were the Britons on?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Whithorn Priory, Dumfries and Galloway

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An illustration of Nikephoros II. (Photo by INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo)

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A big day in history: the all-conquering Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II loses his head. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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