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“Could the fall of the Roman Empire have been avoided?”
"A great and heroic character in a degenerate age"
’This country is mine and no other nation can have it!’
‘If powers at a distance come to partition Africa, I do not intend to be an indifferent spectator...’
"A last alliance against tyranny - the battle for free Gaul" Gaul hung by a thread. As Rome’s grip tightened around their h…
‘Rome made a desert, and called it peace’. Caesar’s first foray into Gaul had been an overwhelming success. He had vanquish…
"I am a free man, of a free state" When Julius Caesar became Governor of Gaul in 58BC he dreamt of fame, fortune and legacy. …
In this special episode I'm joined by Professor Emanuel Buttigieg from The University Of Malta! The Professor shares wit…
"He bore the impending demise of his religion, culture and way of life" Boabdil had earned his bloody throne. But there was li…
"Stop, stop! Don't kill him you fool, that's the Moorish King!" Boabdil's path to the throne had not been easy. He had been pr…
"You cry like a woman, for what you couldn't defend as a man" Boabdil was heir to a dying kingdom. In the 15th cent…
"In Spain's rich history, El Cid is remembered above all others". El Cid was down but not out! After sacking King Alfonso's…
"...This man, the scourge of his time, by his appetite for glory, by the prudent steadfastness of his character, and by his heroi…
"In this tiny mountain hamlet, history was about to be made." In 722AD a Muslim army marched into the frosty mountains of Astu…
The crew of the HMS Bounty were free from their hated captain, but what now? Their old lives were over. And the ferocious Poly…
“Of all the sea tales told down the ages, none has held its mystique so long as the mutiny on board HMS Bounty” In the year of…
"Thus died Aurelian, an emperor who was necessary rather than good". Aurelian had accomplished more in two years than lesser Emp…
In the late third century, The Roman empire teetered on the brink of total collapse. Barbarian hordes pour over the deserted b…
Khalid ibn al-Walid's life had taken a full 360 turn. Throwing family tradition aside he'd embraced Islam and helped Muhammad …
Khalid was a member of the aristocracy in the Arabian trading city of Mecca. When a local named Muhammad began claiming he was…
Ahmad Shah Durrani had made his mark. Every tribesman in Afghanistan recognised him as King. In Delhi, the Grand Mughal cow…
Who was Ahmad Shah Durrani? Ahmad Shah Durrani was an Afghan chieftain who rose to power leading Persian armies in the 18th ce…