How greed, violence and betrayal helped create and destroy the ancient world's great superpower.
Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.
Created byJames Wood
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- EN
- First aired
- September 21, 2006
- Last aired
- October 26, 2006
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
Season 1
Episodes
No episodes found for this season.
Featuring
Cast & crew
Alisdair Simpson
Narrator (voice)
Michael Sheen
Emperor Nero
- Created by
- James Wood
- Produced by
- Mark Hedgecoe
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