Rome: Caesar's army Video

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Rome Series 2

Introduction

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00:30

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Caesar is dead and the most powerful role in the Roman Empire is up for grabs - who will fill his shoes?

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Influence and recycling

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01:06

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Discover which cultures influenced the Romans, how the different nationalities living together in Rome got along, and if this ancient civilisation was so ahead of its time that people were recycling things.

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Episode Eleven Introduction

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00:43

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In the final episode of this season, Brutus and Cassius emerge as the true leaders of the conspiracy against Caesar. Adrian Goldsworthy talks of Cassius and Brutus' motivations, and how their actions didn't quite solve Rome's problems as thought.

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Episode Ten Introduction

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00:41

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Pullo's been condemned to a bloody spectacle of a death in the arena, but taking down a soldier of Caesar's thirteenth legion may not prove to be easy. Historian Adrian Goldsworthy describes what the real Roman arenas were like.

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The Roman economy

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01:14

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Adrian Goldsworthy explains how the Roman economy worked, which goods were popular imports and exports, and how taxes were collected in a society with no Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Episode Nine Introduction

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00:44

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This episode sees the triumph of Julius Caesar. The triumph was the greatest honour that any Roman politician could win, and for a day Caesar was treated as a god. Adrian Goldsworthy talks us through this massive and at times savage celebration.

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Episode Eight Introduction

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00:42

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In this episode Lucius Vorenus, the most senior centurion in the legion, takes his first steps into the world of politics. Here Adrian Goldsworthy talks of Caesar's fondness for rewarding the loyalty of his subjects.

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Episode Seven Introduction

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00:43

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Cleopatra makes her first appearance of the season in this episode. Her affair with Julius Caesar has gone down in legend, and here historian Adrian Goldsworthy explains how these two seemingly very different people were in fact really quite similar.

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Did the Romans flood the Colosseum?

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01:11

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Historian Adrian Goldsworthy answers many questions about the real rome including did the romands flood the Colosseum?

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Gladiators and Christians

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01:07

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Adrian Goldsworthy talks through some of the brutal, cruel and bloody events that were commonplace in Roman arenas