A Light in the Dark Ages: Chris Wickham’s The Inheritance of Rome

Making History, Marking History IV: The Great Anniversaries of 2021

Learning from the Source: Rob Johnson’s Lawrence of Arabia on War

A Man of His Times: Jonathan Phillips’ The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

Knowledge’s Greatest Hits: Violet Moller’s The Map of Knowledge

Walking the Boundaries: David J. Breeze’s Frontiers of Imperial Rome

Restoring the Gaps: Richard Miles’ Carthage Must Be Destroyed

Meaningfully Discomforting: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

Read a Book Instead: Netflix’s Empire Games