Julius Caesar 100 – 42 BC · 2
1h 15mHistorian Explains The ENTIRE Roman Conquest of Britain HistoryHit
Seventy-five minutes running from Caesar's two landings in 55 and 54 BC to Agricola in the north, in one sitting. A single historian to camera, which suits a story usually told in fragments.
35mCaesar's Disastrous Invasion Of Britain HistoryHit
The two British expeditions that achieved almost nothing militarily and everything politically, which is why Caesar wrote them up at length.
Antony, Cleopatra and Augustus 44 BC – AD 14 · 2
1h 01mMary Beard On Ruling The Roman Empire HistoryHit
Sixty-one minutes with Mary Beard on the daily business of being emperor: the petitions, the letters, the dinners, and how much of the job was answering post.
41mThe Rise Of The Ancient Roman Empire HistoryHit
With Simon Elliott
Forty-one minutes taking the whole rise in one run, to camera, which makes it a frame to hang the detailed episodes on.
The Fall of the West AD 395 – 565 · 2
58mHistorian Explains the ENTIRE FALL OF ROME HistoryHit
With Peter Heather
Fifty-eight minutes taking the whole collapse in one run, to camera. Useful as the frame to hang the detailed episodes on, because it moves fast enough to keep the fourth and fifth centuries as one story.
45mHistorian Explains The Fallen Kingdoms Of 'Dark Age' Britain HistoryHit
What happened in Britain once Rome left: rival kingdoms fighting over what remained. The episode gives the century after 410 its own hour.
Roman Life, Army and Culture across the centuries · 1
37mWhat 'Gladiator' Gets WRONG and RIGHT About Real Gladiators HistoryHit
Thirty-seven minutes checking the film against the evidence: how often gladiators actually died, where they came from, and what the thumb meant.