All great powers face rebellion, and we often learn more from resistance than from conquest. This course tells the story of the Roman Empire through the eyes of those who defied it—Spartacus, Boudicca...

Podcast Episode · The Ancients · August 9 · 58m · Video

All great powers face rebellion, and we often learn more from resistance than from conquest. This course tells the story of the Roman Empire through the eyes of those who defied it—Spartacus, Boudicca...

Take action with Amnesty International and email your MP to ask them to speak in support of ending trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words

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It may well be true that Israeli officials told the White House they planned to attack Iran with or without American...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

Carthage, Rome's most famous rival, was home to legendary figures like Queen Dido and Hannibal. These dramatic tales capture our imagination, but the true story of Carthaginian civilization runs far d...

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Carthage, Rome's most famous rival, was home to legendary figures like Queen Dido and Hannibal. These dramatic tales capture our imagination, but the true story of Carthaginian civilization runs far d...

Prior to the construction and enlargement of the medical consulting room of the Cordoba Provincial Hospital (Spain) an archaeological excavation was r…

Beyond the stories passed down to us through ancient Rome, of Dido and Hannibal and the conquest of the north African coast, the facts about the foundation of Carthage are only slightly less dramat…

Beyond the stories passed down to us through ancient Rome, of Dido and Hannibal and the conquest of the north African coast, the facts about the foundation of Carthage are only slightly less dramat…

For 600 years, the city-state of Carthage dominated the western Mediterranean, growing into the region’s largest and wealthiest empire. After Carthage ultimately fell to Rome and was destroyed i...