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What is the history behind May Day and why do we celebrate it?

Inside a Roman home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

Digging up Roman London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was written on the Vindolanda Tablets?

What was life like on Hadrian's Wall?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hadrian's Wall: when and why was it built? A brief guide

Naked statues, naughty gods & bad wine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gladiators: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of St Patrick's Day traditions – and the importance of the colour green

Q&AWhy does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?

Roman invasion of Britain: did the Britons ignore them?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Valentine's celebrations in historyFrom fertility festivals to the first cards

Roman legions: the backbone of the Roman military

In partnership with Expeditions Rome

History’s greatest mysteriesWhat happened to the Roman Ninth Legion?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What happened to Britain’s lost Roman legion?

Hadrian’s Wall: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How ethnically diverse was Roman Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho was the original king of the castle and who was the dirty rascal?

Q&ACould Roman slaves buy their own freedom?

Pompeii: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The reign of Roman disease: why did disease hit a flourishing empire?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Plagues of our past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Roman women

The classics and racial hatred: how the far right hijacked the ancient world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pompeii: a remarkable window into ancient Roman life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What if...Antony and Cleopatra had won the battle of Actium?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marcus Aurelius: Rome’s reluctant killer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

African Europeans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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