Episode 1 - Killing Caesar

Follow the meteoric rise and grisly fall of Julius Caesar, whose combination of genius, ego and ambition changed the Greco-Roman world forever.

Episode 2 - Ancient Spuerpower

For over 500 years, Rome could lay claim to being the centre of the world. How did one city acquire such an extraordinary wealth of power?

Episode 3 - Doomsday Pompeii

New findings reveal stories of the everyday people caught up in one of the best-known natural disasters in history: the eruption of Vesuvius.

Episode 4 - Heart of the Empire

It was the most advanced civilisation on earth, but how was Rome itself changed from swampy marsh to imperial capital?

Episode 5 - Blood in the Sand

Archaeological evidence and eyewitness accounts recreate the Colosseum's opening night, featuring beast fights, executions and a legendary duel.

Episode 6 - Power of the Legion

Go inside the ancient war machine that was the legion army, the most deadly and disciplined force in the classical world.

Episode 7 - Madness of Caligula

Portrayed by history as a cruel madman, was Caligula really insane - or just a product of an utterly unstable world?

Episode 8 - Christianity Rising

Originally viewed as a mysterious cult, find out how Christianity came to be accepted as the official religion of the Roman empire.

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