Roman History

Dominus: New Excerpt

by Steven Saylor

Spanning 160 years and seven generations, teeming with some of ancient Rome’s most vivid figures, Steven…
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Ancient Rome’s Short-Lived Teen Emperor: Practical Joker, Drag Queen, Transgender?

by Steven Saylor

Psssst! Have you heard about Elagabalus? They say he invented the world’s first…
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Death Over Dishonor: The Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.)

by Michael Walsh

In the following excerpt from his book Last Stands, author Michael Walsh discusses…
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Asimov Mathematics and the Collapse of Empire

by Brian Clegg If there’s one lesson that we have learned from recent shock political results,…
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Roman History

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…
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War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…
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The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…
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Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…
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A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…
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The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…
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Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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