Soldiers served an average of 25 years in the imperial Roman army. In the face of relentless campaigning, harsh discipline, and brutal demographic realities, how likely were they to survive to retirement?

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. Along the sandy banks of the Nile delta on the African Mediterranean coast, the most powerful metropolis of its time rose from virtually nothing. The Hellenistic culture mingled with the legacy o...

Combing through the Amazon wilderness, archeologists made an amazing discovery: artifacts of ancient seafaring people from the Iberian Peninsula. They may have fled the carnage of the Roman Empire's war on Carthage, called by some historians the Roman hol...

What they NEVER TOLD you about the D3ATH of Joseph Goebbels

While constructing the international space station, astronauts capture a strange object on camera, which raises suspicions around the world. See more in this...

Rome would never have made it into the history books without the backing of its huge military apparatus. The life and the incredible luxury the ancient city of over a million inhabitants enjoyed was only made possible through the exploitation of its colon...

The past four centuries have seen great changes in the size and composition countries in Europe and the surrounding area. This data series focuses on what the largest polities were throughout recent history. Given the challenges of demography, the visuali...

One of the most iconic moments of the 20th century - MARTIN LUTHER KING JRs "I have a dream"speech in full colour

Brunei may be one of the richest nations in the world, but financial problems have beset even their royal house. The sultan has recently made moves towards s...

Award-winning Documentary | The Fake Van Gogh Paintings? | Real Crime

Subscribe to Our History: https://bit.ly/3v5mKBG Jimi Hendrix was one of the highest paid musicians in the world. At the age of 27 he had made three multi-mi...

Billie Jean live performed by the greatest singer and dancer of all time : Michael Jackson

TRACE | Norwegian viking short film by Markus Dahlslett (Full movie)

Behind the scenes videos from the cast of The Last Kingdom during Season 3 & 4 so far. Season 4 is still being filmed at the moment and will be aired in 2020 (No official date yet)

We delve into the history of one of the most culturally rich and architecturally significant cities in the world: Florence. The city where the renaissance be...