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Episode 6The evil that men do. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Julius Caesar

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Et Tu, Brute?What did Caesar say before he died?

What can we learn from the fall of Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sex, scandal and slander: who was Messalina?

Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julius Caesar meets Cleopatra in this 18th-century painting

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh's love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt's fate

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Bronze Boudica statue against summer sky in London

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Boudica’s rebellion: a blood-soaked blow to the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Engraving depicting the assassination of Julius Caesar

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Bust of Heliogabalus

From sex scandals to religious controversy: Rome's forgotten emperor Heliogabalus

The end of Roman BritainWhat really happened?

Heliogabalus: Rome’s scandalous emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor.

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A painting of Hannibal leading his men into Italy in 218 BC, seated on top a war elephant (Photo by Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo)

What if...Hannibal had taken Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mavia of Tanukh, illustration by Lynn Hatzius

Mavia Of TanukhWarrior queen of Arabia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexander the Great’s extraordinary childhood. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Perhaps the most charming idea about the origins of the festive tradition of kissing under the mistletoe derives from a Viking myth of Frigg, goddess of love and marriage, and her ill-fated son Balder. (Photo by Jurg Waldmeier/StockFood Creative/Getty Images Plus)

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A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

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Crassus: Rome’s richest man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christianity: a success story from the start?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

Black British historyBlack Britannia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

New light on the end of Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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