Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire

Julius Caesar is probably the most famous Roman of them all – a maverick, a soldier of genius, charming, power-crazed, opportunistic and brilliant. What Caesar achieved, overthrowing a 500-year-old Republic and seizing power, is perhaps the single greatest turning point in the history of Rome.

Part love story, part cautionary tale, this episode shows how the ruler of a quarter of the people in the known world went insane and took Rome to the edge of ruin.

The Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD 66, was the biggest rebellion by a province in Roman history. For a while it threatened to destabilize the whole empire. Who was behind this rebellion and what happened?

This episode in the series takes a step back from previous episodes and explores the politics and personalities behind the demise of the Roman Republic.

The story of how Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world is a dramatic tale of war, love, treachery and murder.

This is the story of how a weak emperor turned on his allies and brought about the final collapse of the once powerful Roman Empire.