Nerón, el reino del terror

En 1785 partió de Francia una de las expediciones científicas y de exploración más exitosas del siglo XVIII. Hasta que tres años después su pista se perdió en medio del Pacífico. 

El consumo excesivo de ginebra a inicios del siglo XVIII provocó graves problemas sociales y de salud en Londres. 

In 281/280 BC, the Hellenistic King Pyrrhus ventured to southern Italy to aid the Italiote-Greek city of Tarentum against a rising power based in central Italy. This enemy was the Romans. Over the next 150 years this civilisation would rise to become the Mediterranean superpow ...

Il est un peu avant midi à Rome, la cité la plus puissante de son époque.  Ce 15 mars - 44 est jour de fête religieuse, celles des ides de mars, la célébration du dieu de la guerre des Romains.  

Portant une couronne de lauriers sur la tête, Jules César avance ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas developed by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) to support and reinvigorate the Roman Republic when, as it transpired, it was in its final years, threatened by civil wars, the rule of Julius Caesar and the triumvirates that followed. As Con ...  Show more

Given his incredible career, you'd perhaps expect the name of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to be better known. Born in North Africa in 145AD, he rose to power after distinguishing himself as a military commander at a time of great instability in the Roman Empire. Finally br ...