Caesar enters into dangerous alliances and bends the rules of the republic in his bid to become consul, the highest...
Archaeologist Dr Fraser Hunter looks back on three centuries of contact and conflict with Scotland's Roman invaders, a story of a super...
By the 4th century AD, the Roman Empire is in decline, and the Colosseum, once a proud symbol of the Empire's glory, lies empty. One man turns to th...
All Roman rulers put great value on spectacles and games, but only one, the son of Marcus Aurelius, steps out of the imperial box and onto the sands ...
One of the most famous scientists of the ancient world, Galen of Pergamon, makes a name for himself as a doctor for gladiators in the arena.
The public execution of criminals is a staple in the Colosseum, but during Trajan's games, one of these victims is no common prisoner. Bishop Ignat...
When the Emperor Trajan stages his great games of AD107, the crowd is treated to a rare spectacle - female gladiators. A Roman named Mevia illu...
Over a million animals are slaughtered on the sands of the arena by trained beastmasters, none more famous than Carpophorus. But when met with...
Although master builder Haterius constructs the Colosseum where Nero’s Golden House once stood, his work is far from over. Rome's new emperor, Dom...
In AD80, the Colosseum is open for business. Roman emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate, including an epic battle to the death ...
In the past decade a huge amount of redevelopment has taken place in the City, providing an unparalleled opportunity for archa...
Nubia, Lupus, Flavia and Jonathan have to find the evidence that will clear a slave wrongly accused of terrible cri...
The children take a carruca into the hills outside Ostia, in pursuit of the man Flavia thinks has murdered her fath...
Lupus narrowly escapes kidnap by slave traders, but his friend Porcius and other Ostian children are snatched.
Flavia has a challenge on her hands when her father brings home a mysterious woman that he is thinking of marrying.
An ship washes up in Ostia, Flavia's father brings home a mysterious woman, and everything is turned upside down ...
Nubia thinks she may have glimpsed her missing brother, the children go to the arena and discover a mystery that en...
A ship docks at Ostia carrying a team of gladiators and Nubia thinks she may have glimpsed her missing brother amon...
The secret of who invited Doctor Mordecai to Rome is revealed. A fast-acting poison threatens the life of a loved one,...
Emperor Titus has a premonition, 'when a Prometheus opens Pandora's Box, Rome will be devastated'. Powerless, he watch...
The lure of a quick fortune has attracted others and the repulsive Venalicius makes an unwelcome return. However, t...
Captain Marcus Flavius Geminus returns from sea, having lost his ship and his precious cargo. With the family hound...
Jonathan is utterly alone, plagued by dreams of a cyclops and confused by speculation that his mother was not killed in...
Jonathan's birthday is marred by the arrival of uncle Simian. After upsetting his friends, Jonathan is tricked into goi...
Flavia and friends find themselves too close to a kidnapping plot. The children must pull together or face life in slavery.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius has left a trail of destruction. In the chaos of the refugee camp, Flavia is shocked to dis...
Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet can do anythi...
Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet do anything a...
Drama documentary real-life gladiator, Verus, who fought during the opening games of the Colosseum in Rome AD 80. The programme follow...
Julian RICHARDS pres 4th of 6 archaeological discoveries that illuminate lives of ancient peoples. In this prog a burial ground und...
Documentary about Hadrian's Wall presented by Julian Richards. Using archaeological discoveries, Timewatch journeys back through time to unl...
Professor Catharine Edwards follows the stories of four very different women across centuries that s...
Catharine Edwards explores the lives of Messalina, whose scandalous reputation lives on, and the ski...
Professor Catharine Edwards explores the story of Livia, wife of the emperor Augustus and mother of ...
Dramatised documentary revealing Spartacus as he really was - a brilliant leader of a guerrilla band, but a flawed and indecisive human be...
Exploring the myth of the crude savage Attila. Part genius, part psychopath, Attila is unlike the other Huns. A calculating, ruthless...
Margaret Mountford examines new evidence to reveal the sequence of events that destroyed the city of Pompeii and attempts t...
Michael Wood uncovers the history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and...
Mary Beard goes behind the closed doors of Roman homes to explore their family life.
Professor Mary Beard discovers the crime and slum conditions in the world's first high-rise city.
Professor Mary Beard traces the story of several ordinary yet remarkable Roman citizens.
In AD 536, Justinian re-conquered a fallen Rome from the Goths, but his dream of permanent reunification proved elusive.
This episode looks at the reign of Constantine, who in the 4th century revived a Roman world in crisis and changed the course o...
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