Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was written and presented by Terry Jones, and it challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian. Professor Barry Cunliffe of the University of Oxford acted as consultant for the series.
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...
Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendar...
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrifice...
Ottone and Savio work hard to keep each other out of trouble with the Roman Centurions while scrapin...
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikin...
The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes ...
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the mid...
Up to one million gladiators are thought to have died in arenas across the Roman Empire. And, althou...
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...
Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorabl...
With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3-D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, a...
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pila...
A documentary about Hannibal Barca - the general and ruler of New Carthage, who crossed the Alps in ...
Expert interviews, dramatic reconstructions and location shooting bring to life the iconic legend of...
Rome, 2000 years ago was the world's first ancient megacity. In a world where few towns had more tha...
The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to...
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill an...