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An image of Hadrian's Wall.

New light on the end of Roman Britain

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

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Episode 8 Families, ancestors and DNA . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Roman women: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall

Pompey flees after the battle of Pharsalus

The battle of Pharsalus: how Julius Caesar defeated Pompey

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Episode 9 Ends and beginnings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The tombstone of a Roman soldier named Vivius Marcianus.

How the Great Fire of London revealed the city’s Roman past

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Episode 7 Bones, diet and migrants . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6 Cultures lost and found . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5 An identity crisis? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4 Religion and belief . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess

Religion in Roman Britain: spreading the word of the gods