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<h2 id="series">Series</h2> <h3>Series 1</h3> <ol><li>Meeting at Formiae - 13 July 2003 - On <a href="/facts/Julius_Caesar/ptR603Gv">Julius Caesar</a> (<a href="/facts/David_Troughton/6KCD7UE2">David Troughton</a>) and his dealings with <a href="/facts/Cicero/A37U7jaN">Cicero</a> (<a href="/facts/Anton_Lesser/HLmTpGTJ">Anton Lesser</a>) and <a href="/facts/Cato_the_Younger/n0k1Svzy">Cato the Younger</a> (<a href="/facts/Stephen_Critchlow/S30y8xoU">Stephen Critchlow</a>)</li> <li>The Arena - 20 July 2003 - On the early career of <a href="/facts/Augustus/RGfMCR2V">Octavian</a> (<a href="/facts/Adam_Levy_(actor)/oThT6LHJ">Adam Levy</a>), also featuring <a href="/facts/Jasmine_Hyde/flP8Vp3K">Jasmine Hyde</a> as <a href="/facts/Livia/MPBKNkFV">Livia</a> and with <a href="/facts/Richard_Johnson_(actor)/xGYjHJ1t">Richard Johnson</a> as the remembering adult <a href="/facts/Augustus/RGfMCR2V">Augustus</a></li> <li>Peeling Figs for Julius - 27 July 2003 - On <a href="/facts/Caligula/3PUxgNf8">Caligula</a> (<a href="/facts/David_Tennant/2GPo4TW9">David Tennant</a>), also featuring <a href="/facts/George_Baker_(British_actor)/44PesQ0a">George Baker</a> as <a href="/facts/Tiberius/oQzd7AvQ">Tiberius</a>, whom he had previously played in <i><a href="/facts/I,_Claudius_(TV_series)/HD43AzSE">I, Claudius</a></i>.</li></ol> <h3>Series 2</h3> <ol><li>The Best of Mothers - 17 July 2005 - On <a href="/facts/Nero/1w3NteNP">Nero</a> (<a href="/facts/Jonathan_Forbes_(actor)/HJl9chDC">Jonathan Forbes</a>) and his mother <a href="/facts/Agrippina_the_Younger/9jtaryDj">Agrippina the Younger</a> (<a href="/facts/Frances_Barber/40vweGnj">Frances Barber</a>)</li> <li>The Glass Ball Game - 24 July 2005 - On <a href="/facts/Hadrian/e1RoggvV">Hadrian</a> (<a href="/facts/Jonathan_Hyde/3lHLqyxq">Jonathan Hyde</a>) and his relationship with his lover <a href="/facts/Antinous/cWSsDaIb">Antinous</a> (<a href="/facts/Andrew_Garfield/3S1kej0q">Andrew Garfield</a>), his wife <a href="/facts/Vibia_Sabina/IakczkkU">Sabina</a> (<a href="/facts/Amanda_Root/9bCTrXNx">Amanda Root</a>) and the historian Suetonius (<a href="/facts/Jonathan_Coy/JmkNpoCm">Jonathan Coy</a>)</li> <li>Citizens in a Great City - 31 July 2005 - On the reigns of <a href="/facts/Marcus_Aurelius/b5uSRbqh">Marcus Aurelius</a> (<a href="/facts/Ronald_Pickup/0NcVFmX4">Ronald Pickup</a>), <a href="/facts/Commodus/5dlnQE7v">Commodus</a> (<a href="/facts/Jim_Sturgess/x310h8gK">Jim Sturgess</a>) and <a href="/facts/Septimius_Severus/CbkVjW1D">Septimius Severus</a> (<a href="/facts/Ray_Fearon/sC1n5IpU">Ray Fearon</a>), also featuring Severus' wife <a href="/facts/Julia_Domna/c9oTpHFs">Julia Domna</a> (<a href="/facts/Helen_McCrory/3MeTd6Rd">Helen McCrory</a>).</li></ol> <h3>Series 3</h3> <ol><li>Empress in the West - 25 February 2007 - On the life of <a href="/facts/Victoria_(Gallic_Empire)/Vxr3AeR9">Victoria</a> (<a href="/facts/Barbara_Flynn/l61zssPq">Barbara Flynn</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Gallic_Empire/XLAHzBWv">Gallic Empire</a> under the rule of <a href="/facts/Postumus/uIgkdlBU">Postumus</a> (<a href="/facts/Danny_Webb_(actor)/v0wSnHek">Danny Webb</a>) and her son <a href="/facts/Victorinus/noBEAECU">Victorinus</a> (<a href="/facts/Sam_Troughton/whvz18ym">Sam Troughton</a>)</li> <li>The Maker of All Things - 4 March 2007 - On <a href="/facts/Constantine_the_Great/jW1q8TPp">Constantine the Great</a> (Sam Dale) and his son <a href="/facts/Crispus/VAbFIzuX">Crispus</a> (<a href="/facts/Joseph_Kloska/K2AQJnAd">Joseph Kloska</a>), also featuring Constantine's second wife <a href="/facts/Fausta/JlWrlUr9">Fausta</a> (Christine Kavanaugh)</li> <li>An Empire Without End - 11 March 2007 - On <a href="/facts/Romulus_Augustulus/01QBvrpR">Romulus Augustulus</a> (<a href="/facts/Tom_Hiddleston/otVJ6Kg3">Tom Hiddleston</a>)</li></ol> <h2 id="sources">Sources</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xjlm">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xjlm</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d0bt7">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d0bt7</a></li></ul>