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Marine archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman-era helmet from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea that was lost during an ancient naval battle in 241 BC. The military helmet, in an “extraordinary ...

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient North Africa by classicist Professor Josephine Quinn and comedian Darren Harriott to learn about Hannibal of Carthage and his war with Rome. Located in modern-day ...

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Hannibal Crossing the Alps by Jacopo Ripanda, c. 1510 - Getty Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, Scipio ...

Frank McGuinness is one of our greatest writers. He is best known for plays such as The Factory Girls, Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Carthaginians and Someone Who'll Watch ...