Döden har många ansikten i det antika Romarriket. Slavar slåss för sitt liv på gladiatorernas arena. På de böljande vetefälten utanför Pompei rustar legionärerna för att mörda den nya kejsaren….

Historikern Mary Beard tittar närmare på hur fruarna, barnen, slaktarna, slavarna och handelsmännen levde för 2000 år sedan.

Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed through the gates onto the sand.’Spartacus: Gods of the Arena’ tells the story of…

The Roman Holidays is a Hanna-Barbera animated television series that was broadcast in 1972 on NBC. It ran for 13 episodes before being cancelled. Very similar in theme to both…

Friends and Heroes is a Christian children’s program that airs on TBN, Smile of a Child TV, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditionally animated…

Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On…

Plebs follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city – a city…

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman…