Julius Caesar is the most famous Roman of them all: brutal conqueror, dictator and victim of a gruesome assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC. 2000 years on, he still shapes the world. He has given us some political slogans we still use today (Cro...
Romulus and Remus are 18-year-old shepherds brothers living in peace near the Tiber river. Convinced that he is bigger than gods' will, Remus believes that he is meant to become king of the city he will found together with his brother. But their trag...
Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who died 2,000 years ago. When an Elizabethan literary critic said that the witty soul of Ovid lived on in 'honey tongued Shakespeare' they were just stat...
1. The First Barbarian War2. Spartacus3. Julius Caesar4. The Forest of Death5. The Invasion of Britain6. The Dacian Wars7. Rebellion and Betrayal8. Wrath of the Gods9. The Soldiers' Emperor10. Constantine the Great11. The Barbarian General12. The Pup...