8 Days That Made Rome
8 Days That Made Rome

8 Days That Made Rome

2017 1 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 8.1 Documentary

Bettany Hughes relives eight pivotal days that defined the Roman Empire and made it the world's first superpower.

Bettany Hughes relives eight pivotal days that defined the Roman Empire and made it the world's first superpower.

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EP 1

Hannibal's Last Stand

Examining the day in 202BC when Rome defeated the might of Carthage at the Battle of Zama. This decisive moment set Rome

EP 2

The Spartacus Revolt

Bettany Hughes relates the events of 73BC when a Thracian gladiator started a slave revolt that so panicked the Roman el

EP 3

Crossing the Rubicon

Rome had defeated her great rival Carthage and overcame a slave revolt led by Spartacus, but these victories came at a p

EP 4

Rome's First Emperor

Upon Julius Caesar's death, his 18-year-old great nephew stepped into the delicate balance of power and became Rome's fi

EP 5

Boudica's Revenge

It's 60 A.D. Seventeen years after the invasion of Britannia, Roman forces march into the settlement of the Iceni tribe,

EP 6

The Downfall of Nero

It's 54 A.D. and Nero just succeeded his stepfather Claudius to become the fifth emperor of Rome. What followed was 14 y

EP 7

The Colosseum's Grand Opening

Out of the carnage of Emperor Nero's death and the civil war that followed, a new imperial dynasty was born, one that lo

EP 8

The Rebirth of Rome

After more than a century of steady Roman decline, one man restores order to the disintegrating empire, setting it on a

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