London: Moments (TRIH ep 213, part 5)
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This episode closes The Rest Is History's London Week with two contrasting London moments chosen by the hosts. Tom Holland recounts the Tower of London's historic menagerie: exotic royal gifts from medieval kings (a polar bear from Hakon the Young, lions from Frederick II, and an elephant from Louis IX), the menagerie's evolution through the Tudor and Stuart periods, and its eventual transfer to Regent's Park and…
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- Year of the Four Emperors (68)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- The Nativity: Jesus is born in Bethlehem (5 BCE)