This first issue deals with the day of a Roman legionary seen by a historian and by a living history association. A costume historian and a food historian present the French dress and the consumption of strawberries in France in the 18th century.

If the daily life of all eras is at the heart of the magazine, each issue will highlight a particular theme in a "special file". Napoleon's bicentenary obliges, this first file concerns the death of Napoleon I. The year 2021 commemorates the death of the most famous Frenchman in the world: Revivre l'histoire has chosen to devote five articles to him.

The epic of Alexander the Great brought the character into the pantheon of the great conquerors in history. The confrontation of Gaugamèles constitutes the decisive battle, that which assures him definitively the throne of Persia. Darius III, the king of the Achaemenid dynasty, the unrecognized and unfortunate adversary of the young king of Macedonia, has already been defeated at Issus. The two armies, very different in many aspects, each benefit from assets that could guarantee them a lasting and definitive success on the battlefield. Gaugamèles represents in this respect the test of truth for two dissimilar military organizations, for two contrasting tactical systems and for two styles of command...