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Caprichosos, vengativos, sádicos... Los emperadores romanos del siglo I d.C. han pasado a la historia como desequilibrados mentales, aunque en realidad actuaban para defender su poder. 

En la época de la Ilustración, cada vez más personas se aficionaron a leer novelas, diarios o libros científicos y a acudir a bibliotecas. 

En el siglo XII surgieron en el sur de Francia una serie de poetas músicos que vivían en las cortes de señores y príncipes y cantaban su amor por damas de alta alcurnia, a las que soñaban conquistar. 

Marriage was one of the key institutions of Roman culture and many of the traditions surrounding weddings persist today. 

The monarchy had been overthrown and the Roman Republic was now established. Despite the appearance of a free democratic republic, the Romans were beset with economic and political divisions that threatened the unity of the young State. 

In this episode, we look at the collapse of the Roman Republic, and the man whose brilliance and whose greed for power, caused a crisis in the Roman world. This was Julius Caesar, the most famous Roman of all. 

In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived on Roman borders, having been uprooted from their homelands by the Huns. These were the Goths and the Vandals. Both peoples would become prime enemies of the Roman Empires in the E ... Show More

Cincinnatus was famously appointed dictator of Rome in 458 BC and then resigned soon after, securing his place in history as a paradigm of republican virtue. 

March 15th, 44BC. Despite ill omens, Julius Caesar approaches the Theatre of Pompey. But the men inside have sworn an oath. To save the Republic from the hands of this self-styled ‘perpetual dictator', Caesar must die. But where did the Republic start? How did it transform Rome f ... Show More

While Caesar was fighting the Gallic Wars, events in Rome and beyond exacerbated the political tensions that would eventually lead to Civil War. 

In 63 BC an embittered two-time consular candidate named Catiline conspired to overthrow the Roman government. He was stopped by Rome's greatest politician and orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero. 

In 49 BC Caesar led a single legion across the Rubicon River, sparking a civil war that would lead to the death of the Roman Republic.