What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Throu...

Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres and its innovative gem The Nordic endured in Marquette, Mich...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...

Family farmers in southwest France practice an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increas...

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixi...

Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the is...

Photographer Mike Lassiter journeys across South Carolina capturing the stories of historic, often f...
Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll,...

Explore the lives of the lucky few who call Britain's most magnificent mansions home. Meet the custo...

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...

Mike Leonard tells the inside story of how the west Loop’s St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, know...

Over 90 percent of the available lands in the Greater Chaco region of the Southwest have already bee...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...