Rome: The World’s First Superpower

We explore the legend of Romulus and Remus and search for hard evidence of a prehistoric settlement on the Tiber. In Rome’s ancient sewers, we uncover how the first leader turned their city into stone.

Larry looks at how during the mid-second century BC, Rome enjoyed the spoils of war - with a bounty of slaves, treasure and art coming into it's republic. But not everyone reaped the benefits, with a ever-widening gap between the poor and the privileged. He looks at the history of Tiberius Gracchus, a man from Rome's elite ruling classes who began championing the rights of the common farmer

The story of the greatest Roman of them all - Julius Caesar. His own memoirs guide us through his journey from bankrupt civil servant to invincible general.