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In the third century BC, a clash which had been brewing for centuries finally erupted: Rome, the rut
“Every man is the architect of his own destiny”Long before Rome reigned over the Mediterranean, ther
“An aristocratic republic, secret and well-ordered, where individuals are subject to the harsh laws
“Carthago delenda est.”Carthage must be destroyed: this was the rallying cry of Cato the Elder, the
The horrific Guildford Pub Bombings of Saturday 5th October 1974 sent shockwaves through Britain, wo
Following a tumultuous election in February 1974, Labour’s Harold Wilson has been re-elected Prime M
Three days after one of the most devastating IRA attacks launched upon British soil, the Conservativ
“Who governs Britain?”Britain in the early 1970’s was a state in crisis, and by 1974, things had nev
Geoffrey Chaucer stands as a founding father of English literature, and ‘The Canterbury Tales’ is an
“For within the hollow crown that rounds the hollow temple of a king...”Richard II, son of the dashi
On the 13th of June 1381, the rebel army of English peasants, led by Wat Tyler, entered London and b
By the late 14th century, England was in decline. Already weakened by the Hundred Years’ War, both E
Extolling his love for democracy, the Senator took on autocratic powers, during a time of emergency,
In the late 17th century, during the glorious reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, France was at its ap
By November 1938 the scene in Germany was at its darkest yet, as the full scale of Hitler’s intentio
As Hitler ramps up the German war machine, he remains obsessed with one idea: uprooting Jews from th
“We must have a healthy people to dominate in the world”.In July 1933, Hitler’s Nazi party passed a
