The Library of Alexandria and its destruction is often thought a single inferno. In reality, the Library's demise was much more prolonged.
The Battle of Adrianople shows the clear decline of Roman power, and Magnus Maximus becomes an unlikely Welsh folk hero.
The Great Migration in Europe eventually proved fatal to the Western Roman Empire, but the first casualties were the Thervingi Goths.
Julian the Apostate was the last pagan emperor of Rome, who was the last emperor to try and end Christianity - but the game was up.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is steeped in history; this is your historical guide to understand how that history is coming alive in this war.