The ancient Olympic Games were founded in Western Greece in 776BC and lasted for over a thousand years. In this episode we visit the site of the Games at Olympia, exploring the athlete’s village and sporting venues, together with the religious structures dedicated to Zeus and Hera.
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This week, we return to England, and to the capital city - London, for a special extended episode on London’s hidden Roman past. Few cities conceal their Roman origins as effectively as London, but if you know where to look, traces of the Roman town of Londinium can still be seen. In this week's...
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In this episode, we explore the English Civil War, looking at the origins and outcomes of what is probably the costliest war of Britain’s history. We also look at the site of just one of the many battles which occurred during the campaign - that of the second Battle of Newbury at Donnington Castle.
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In AD117, Hadrian was proclaimed Emperor of Rome. As one of its greatest emperors, he set about stabilizing the empire and bringing order to its provinces. But, in addition to his military achievements, he was also a great polymath and a lover of culture in all its forms. He travelled widely oug...
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Carthage was the scourge of Rome. Home of Hannibal and challenger for trading pre-eminence on the Meditterranean. We will explore the remains of this once great city, the port, houses and the site where once Hannibal Barca plotted revenge on his sworn enemy. We end the episode by visiting the ce...
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The Queen’s Hamlet at the Petit Trianon in Versailles, is a remarkable collection of 'rustic' buildings created as an escape from courtly life for Marie Antoinette - Louis XVI's Queen. The hamlet began life in the Summer of 1783, clustered around a small lake, and was intended to resemble a pict...
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Thuburbo Maius is a remote, yet well preserved, Roman town in Tunisia, North Africa. Originally a Berber-Carthaginian settlement, it was re-founded as a veterans colony by the Emperor Augustus in 27BC and re-named Colonia Julia Aurelia Commoda. The town became wealthy due to its position guardin...
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This week’s episode travels to the heart of the Aegean Sea and there, right at its centre, we find the island of Delos. Birthplace of the gods Apollo and Athena, Delos has been a place of veneration since the 4th millennium BC, and reached its zenith during the Classical and Hellenistic periods ...
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Avebury "it does as much exceed in greatness the so renowned Stonehenge ... as a cathedral doeth a parish church". So wrote John Aubrey in 1663. Aubrey was one of the first antiquarians to systematically examine and document the huge Neolithic henge monument at Avebury in Wiltshire, England. In ...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the greatest civil engineers the world has ever seen. His genius combined his father’s sense of innovation with a wider grasp of strategic vision which saw him develop not only a comprehensive railway system, but also a network of transatlantic passenger steame...
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Aosta is a small Italian town in the far north-west of the country. Hidden amongst the Alps, it occupied a strategically vital position guarding the passes from France and Switzerland, and consequently it became a site of paramount importance to Rome; a site that they were prepared to fight for....
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In 1851, Prince Albert initiated a new form of exhibition - the ‘World Fair’. The first of these was ‘The Great Exhibition’ held in Hyde Park, London later that year. The exhibition demonstrated all that was new, exciting and innovative in the Victorian world and was such an astounding success t...
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