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They performed before thousands and could become celebrities, yet actors in ancient Rome were stripped of their civic rights.

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East to Uzbekistan, where the classicist visits Termez. Here, she considers how Alexander the Great’s campaigns in the area, where he built a major city, led to a rich exchange of religious ideas.

With the benefit of hindsight, it seems odd that anyone in Britain would have wanted to make friends with Adolf Hitler, the most recognisable face of evil in the 20th century. But in the 1930s, many ...