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    • Associate Professor Frederik Vervaet

    Associate Professor in Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melhourne

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    Other awful years in history

    2020 has been grim, but there have been worse years. Here, experts from science, history and literature take us through just some of the other terrible times

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    Arts & Culture

    Volcanic winter and pandemic pandemonium

    A terrible onslaught of bubonic plague in the sixth century abruptly ended Emperor Justinian’s dream of reunifying the Roman empire and caused massive geopolitical upheaval

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    Arts & Culture

    Bringing ancient Rome to life

    Filmmakers just love the vivid drama of Ancient Rome. But which screen visions of the ancient superpower do our history experts rate the best?

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    Rome’s Augustus and the allure of the strongman

    The Roman emperor Augustus is held up by some as a statesman who brought peace, and as a potential model for the future. But what was the cost of Augustus’ peace, and how real was it?

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