Napoleon's last chance for peace?

Roman historian Procopius records evil omens...

How to sail a Napoleonic warship against the wind

Napoleon's First Campaign: Part 3

The staggering scale of Napoleon's losses in Russia

The Oracle of Delphi warns the Athenians

Belisarius arrests the Pope

What were the British Navy's 'press gangs'?

Was this the decision that cost Napoleon his empire?

The assassination of Theoderic the Great's daughter

What were Nelson's quarters like on HMS Victory?

World's greatest castles

The disastrous cost of Napoleon's invasion of Spain

The Last Roman Triumph

Legacy of the 1848 Revolutions

How did commanders communicate with troops in WW1?

26 miles of rigging on a ship-of-the-line - what did it do?

Napoleon's first major defeat

What is a castle keep?

How did the Eastern Romans reorganise imperial defence?

Origin of the world-famous 'Radetzky March'

Know your masts! Quick guide to every mast on a ship-of-the-line

St.Petersburg 1825 - the Decembrist Revolt

What was Napoleon's 'Continental System'?

Guide to an Ancient Greek warship

The Nika Riots - 532 AD

How many men does it take to crew a Napoleonic warship?

Napoleon's deadly plan at Austerlitz

Castle gatehouses - the medieval 'kill zone'

Napoleon urges his men across the bridge at Lodi

How did the Eastern Romans punish a traitor?

Napoleon's First Campaign: Part 2

Russia's First Revolutionaries: The Decembrists ALL PARTS

Napoleon's First Campaign: Part 1

How did Blackbeard die?

How to anchor a 104-gun warship

How did warships communicate in the age of sail?

British cavalry destroy the French flank at Salamanca

The legendary charge of the British cavalry at Waterloo

The suicidally brave charge of the Polish Light Horse at Somosierra

The charge of the French cavalry at Wagram

Murat's charge at Jena routs the Prussians

The incredible cavalry charge that took the Great Redoubt at Borodino

Murat's legendary cavalry charge at Eylau

Grouchy's cavalry charge destroys the Prussians at Vauchamps

Murat's cavalry charge tips the scales at Austerlitz

Murat's charge at Leipzig nearly changed the course of history...

Rome Strikes Back: Belisarius and the Wars of Justinian (ALL PARTS)