Episodes
Season 1 · Season 1
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Nero
Recounts how Nero charted his murderous reign and how he was finally overthrown.
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Caesar
Recounts how Julius Caesar succeeded in overthrowing a 500-year-old Republic.
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Revolution
132 BC. Tiberius Gracchus, with the final victory in Rome's 120 year long Punic Wars against Carthage, its greatest ever Mediterranean rival, brings him immense glory and the rich unseen wealth, but almost nothing trickles down to the destitute. The rich patricians yest removing the military threat of Carthage also removes the best control on them. He learns many veteran families lose everything, even their land, which is taken by the rich. Now he joins the army against a Hispanic tribe, the Numantines, which manages to encircle the 20,000 legionnaires and refuses to negotiate with consul Mancinus, but takes the word of Gracchus, for the sake of his father who concluded an honorable peace with them; the troops return, their families rejoice but the senate blames the commanders for a disgraceful surrender. Tiberius uses his popularity to stand for the office of popular tribune, hoping to counter Nasicas extremist line in the senate.
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Rebellion
Recounts how the Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD66, was stopped by General Vespasian and his son Titus.
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Constantine
Recounts how the Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world.
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Fall of Rome
In AD 410, the Goth hordes sacked the city. This event symbolised Rome's collapse, but it should never have happened at all.
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60m
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Nero
Recounts how Nero charted his murderous reign and how he was finally overthrown.
Not watched yet
60m
2
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Caesar
Recounts how Julius Caesar succeeded in overthrowing a 500-year-old Republic.
Not watched yet
60m
3
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Revolution
132 BC. Tiberius Gracchus, with the final victory in Rome's 120 year long Punic Wars against Carthage, its greatest ever Mediterranean rival, brings him immense glory and the rich unseen wealth, but almost nothing trickles down to the destitute. The rich patricians yest removing the military threat of Carthage also removes the best control on them. He learns many veteran families lose everything, even their land, which is taken by the rich. Now he joins the army against a Hispanic tribe, the Numantines, which manages to encircle the 20,000 legionnaires and refuses to negotiate with consul Mancinus, but takes the word of Gracchus, for the sake of his father who concluded an honorable peace with them; the troops return, their families rejoice but the senate blames the commanders for a disgraceful surrender. Tiberius uses his popularity to stand for the office of popular tribune, hoping to counter Nasicas extremist line in the senate.
Not watched yet
60m
4
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Rebellion
Recounts how the Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD66, was stopped by General Vespasian and his son Titus.
Not watched yet
60m
5
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Constantine
Recounts how the Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world.
Not watched yet
60m
6
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Fall of Rome
In AD 410, the Goth hordes sacked the city. This event symbolised Rome's collapse, but it should never have happened at all.
Not watched yet
60m
Cast
Alisdair SimpsonNarrator (voice)
Michael SheenEmperor NeroBecause you watched Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
★ 7.5Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
★ 7.1History 101
★ 7.3Drug Lords
★ 7.5WWII in Color: Road to Victory
★ 7.2The New York Times Presents
★ 7.4How to Become a Tyrant
★ 7The Real History of Science Fiction
★ 7.6The Surgeon's Cut
★ 8.2Mind Field
★ 6.9Move
★ 7.5Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
★ 7.8The Walking Dead: Origins
★ 7.1A History of Horror
★ 7.5How to Become a Mob Boss
★ 7.6American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
★ 7.7Space
★ 7.4Last Chance U: Basketball
★ 6.8Worn Stories