Empire, power and betrayal · 5 stories
Ancient Rome
Twelve centuries of ambition, knives in the Senate and very good roads.
Phrases you’ll meet
- Crossing the Rubicon
- The die is cast
- Rome wasn’t built in a day
Journey 1 · 753 BC to AD 476
The Roman World
A village on seven hills becomes an empire from Britain to Egypt, then splits in two and falls.
By the end of it, you can tell how Rome grew, where its borders ran, and why it didn’t fall in a day.
Journey 2 · 264 to 44 BC
The Republic
Elephants over the Alps, a river crossed with an army, and knives on the Ides of March.
By the end of it, you can tell what crossing the Rubicon really meant, and why it was a crime.
Journey 3 · 44 BC to AD 476
The Empire
The first emperor, two centuries of peace and roads, then crisis, a split and the last emperor in the West.
By the end of it, you can tell why July and August are named after two Romans, and what actually happened in 476.
