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Antonine Wall
Episode 5
In c.142 AD the Emperor Antoninus Pius ordered the construction of a new wall in Northern Britain. Situated between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde it stretched the neck of modern day centr…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Housesteads and Hadrian's Wall
Episode 4
Housesteads Roman Fort is one of the great, surviving treasures of Roman Britain. Once an auxiliary fort, it occupied a dominant position on Hadrian’s Wall. The Fort has proven vital in helping archa…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Origins of Biological & Chemical Warfare
Episode 3
The origins of biological and chemical warfare stretch far back; modern technology has not brought about these terrifying weapons. Throughout antiquity we have cases of societies using poisonous gase…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Episode 2
In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived on Roman borders, having been uprooted from their homelands by the Huns. These were the Goths and t…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Plague of Athens
Episode 1
Plague in the ancient world was nothing unusual. Bouts of illness were common occurrences, but we do have accounts of some exceptional outbreaks: epidemics that brought powerful empires and city-stat…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago