04 Mar 2019
The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
In this gripping investigation, archaeologist Pepi Papakosta is on a hunt for Alexander the Great's lost tomb, and she makes an extraordinary discovery.
Caligula with Mary Beard
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?
Top Billed Cast
Mary Beard Self - Host
Greg Woolf Self - Historian
Timothy Peter Wiseman Self - Historian
Catharine Edwards Self - Historian
Henry Hurst Self - Archeologist
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