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- StarsMary BeardIn this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting approach to Roman history, to give her definitive take on the Roman Empire. How and why did it happen? In search of answers, she takes us to the most telling sites and the most revealing artifacts, and she examines the legacy the Roman Empire has left behind.
- DirectorHugo MacgregorStarsMary BeardTwo thousand years ago one of history's most notorious individuals was born. Professor Mary Beard embarks on an investigative journey to explore the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus - better known to us as Caligula. Caligula has now become known as Rome's most capricious tyrant, and the stories told about him are some of the most extraordinary told about any Roman emperor. Piecing together the evidence, Mary puts Caligula back into the context of his times to reveal an astonishing story of murder, intrigue and dynastic family power. Above all, she explains why Caligula has ended up with such a seemingly irredeemable reputation. In the process, she reveals a more intriguing portrait of not just the monster, but the man.
- DirectorRussell EnglandAlexander LeithStarsMary BeardClassicist Mary Beard asks what do we really know about Julius Caesar? She looks at how he became the autocratic ruler of Rome, the tactics of his military campaigns, his use of PR and at the reasons behind his assassination.
- DirectorPaul ElstonStarsMary BeardFabian KanzMattia BuondonnoPompeii: one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. We know how its victims died, but this film sets out to answer another question - how did they live?
- StarsLeif AndersSam MercurioKarl OtterThe historical drama details the Roman military campaigns against the barbarians. It shows how continuous wars depleted resources, a key factor in the fall of the Empire.
- StarsLyall B. WatsonMichael SheenJames D'ArcyA docu-drama covering the rise and the fall of the Roman world, including the establishment of strong individual rule by Julius Caesar and the rebuilding of Rome under Nero.
- StarsLarry LambDarius AryaRichard MilesRome: The World's First Superpower follows award-winning actor Larry Lamb as he tells the story of Rome 3,000 years ago, an extraordinary people rose and conquered the known world. He looks at how the Romans then went onto creating the greatest empire mankind has ever seen, stretching from Britain to the middle east and how it lasted a thousand years.
- StarsShelley HaleyRichard BrilliantCarl J. RichardA six part documentary on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
- DirectorMelanie ArcherWilliam LyonsStarsMark CorbyNeil FaulknerSean Francis GeorgeIn his "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" the Roman general Julius Caesar wrote about his Gallic Wars (58 - 50 BCE). This documentary investigates if his account is accurate or propaganda.
- DirectorBruce KennedyStarsDarius AryaCorey BrennanLowell ByersA fresh look at the rise and fall of one of history's most notorious figures, shot on location in Rome, Capri and along the English Channel.
- StarsSimon Sebag MontefioreAuthor and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series uncovering the central role played by religion in creating and maintaining the power of the city of Rome. [BBC]
- StarsMichael PraedThanks to the revolutionary work of forensic anthropologists Dr Fabian Kanz and Professor Karl Grossschmidt, 'Timewatch' has been able to establish a detailed picture of how gladiators may have lived, fought and died 2000 years ago in Ephesus. A tombstone identified one 50 year-old body as gladiator trainer Euxenius. His remains, and the skeletons of 68 other gladiators nearby, reveal much about the diet, lifestyle, medical care and fighting conditions of the legendary warriors.
- DirectorPeter NicholsonStarsMark LockyerOliver Cotton
- DirectorChristopher CasselStarsMichael CarrollGeorge PiscopoMassimo VariDespite their personal short comings, many of the Roman Empires great engineering accomplishments were introduced during the reign of the Caesars. The tradition continued under Vespasian, builder of the Coliseum, Trajan, builder of the Forum, and Hadrian, builder and possibly the designer of the Pantheon. Finally, a decade later Caracalla built a bath complex/recreation center in an effort to secure his own reputation in history.
- DirectorChris GormlieThe Roman Empire gave history one of its most eventful and colorful periods: its legacy remains for all to see in the incredible civic buildings, temples and the ancient city. Places such as the Forum, the Coliseum and the Pantheon hang heavy with the atmosphere of distant glories, providing fascinating echoes of a truly remarkable people.
- DirectorJoseph MaxwellStarsRichard MilesWhen Rome was still in its infancy, Carthage was the dominant power of the Mediterranean. As Rome grew, Carthage remained its only great rival. It was that rivalry that drove Rome to utterly destroy Carthage, and massacre its people.
- StarsBettany HughesMali Tudno JonesCampbell FosterSifting through writings, relics and ruins, historians piece together the time before, during and after the Roman invasion of Britain.
- DirectorAndy TwaddleScotland was the Roman Empire's toughest Militarychallenge. At the height of its power, Rome dominated millions of people and vast tracts of lands . Visiting Scotland's most extraordinary Roman sites, historian Dr. Fraser Hunter shows how Scotland defied Roman imperial might for over a century.
- DirectorPeter NicholsonStarsAlisdair SimpsonTim Pigott-SmithJim CarterA dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
- DirectorGary JohnstoneStarsLucy BriersHaraldur SigurdssonThis documentary attempts to reconstruct the 24 August 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius hour by hour. By using the latest evidence from volcanology.
- StarsMatthew SettleThomas BurnsIan HaynesBattle of the Teutoburg Forest, 9 CE.
- StarsMatthew SettlePeter ConnollyVictor Davis HansonBattle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC: In a classic military conflict between two Ancient World superpowers, the great Macedonian phalanx clashed mightily against the heavily fortified Roman legion.
- StarsMatthew SettleH.J.P. ArnoldThomas BurnsBattle of Adrianople and the Sack of Rome AD 378 to 410: Corruption drove the hungry horde of Visigoths to rebel against Rome and pride drove the Emperor Valens, heading a fractured Roman Empire, to take them on without support.