La dura vida de los ilotas, los esclavos de E...

En el Nápoles borbónico, los belenes navideños se convirtieron en un arte refinado que despertaba admiración en propios y extraños. 

Mezcla de antiguas diosas de la fertilidad y de divinidades orientales, Afrodita fue especialmente venerada por los griegos. Desde Chipre, su culto se difundió por todo el Mediterráneo 

The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising of over ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. Having grown tired of their servitude, the enslaved sought to resist in the most direct way they co ...

The Revolution was fought for freedom, at least in name. Calls for freedom filled the air. No taxation without representation! Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

The Marquis de Lafayette, who had fought valiantly at Washington's side throughout the war, spoke fo ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role of slavery in the Roman world, from its early conquests to the fall of the Western Empire. The system became so entrenched that no-one appeared to question it, following Aristotle's view that slavery was a natural state. Whole populations ...  Afficher plus

The first successful slave uprising in modern times happened in present-day Haiti. Former slave, Toussaint Louverture, forced the French colony to abolish slavery in 1794. The rebellion sent shock waves across America and Europe and made its leader famous around the world. France ...  Afficher plus