Rome: The World's First Superpower - Season 1 - Eps 3: Part 3: Death of a Hero
During the mid-second century BC, Rome was enjoying the spoils after defeating Carthage in the Third Punic War, with slaves, treasure and art pouring into the republic. Larry Lamb examines how not everyone was reaping the benefit and reveals that resentment was mounting as the gap widened between the poor and the privileged. The actor traces the journey of Tiberius Gracchus, a man from the elite ruling classes who eventually came to champion the cause of the common citizen farmer, and learns about the development of the hypocaust, Rome's famous central-heating system.
About Rome: The World's First Superpower
Title: Rome: The World's First Superpower
First Air Date: 2014-10-24
Last Air Date: 2014-11-14
Status: Ended
Rating: 6/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 4
Network: 5
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: GroupM Entertainment, 360 Entertainment
Synopsis
The history of Rome is a 1,000-year-long epic, filled with murder, ambition, betrayal and greed and encompassing such legendary characters as Rome’s Iron Age founders Romulus and Remus and its greatest general Julius Caesar. Larry is accompanied by some of Europe and America’s foremost classical experts who reveal the atmosphere of intrigue, conflict and violence at the places where the saga unfolded.
Cast
Larry Lamb
Himself - Presenter
