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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
这个带有一定剧情的系列纪录片通过罗马时期的六个关键转折点描述古罗马的兴起和衰亡的故事,但它立足于精确的、广泛的历史研究，向我们展现了那些贪婪的、淫荡的和野心勃勃的人如凯撒、尼禄和康斯坦丁，当然也正是他们促使了罗马帝国的形成。同时它还描述了罗马怎么毁灭迦太基，被凯撒征服，又怎么镇压犹太人的反叛，转向基督教。这是一部混合着剧情和史实的纪录片，它使得我们准确的了解罗马帝国是怎样形成、达到鼎盛以及最终不可避免的走向衰亡的过程。 01: 凯撒 02: 尼禄 03: 反叛 04: 革命 05: 康斯坦丁 06: 罗马的衰亡
Recounts how Nero charted his murderous reign and how he was finally overthrown.
Recounts how Julius Caesar succeeded in overthrowing a 500-year-old Republic.
132 BC. Tiberius Gracchus, with the final victory in Rome's 120 year long Punic Wars against Carthage, its greatest ever Mediterranean rival, brings him immense glory and the rich unseen wealth, but almost nothing trickles down to the destitute. The rich patricians yest removing the military threat of Carthage also removes the best control on them. He learns many veteran families lose everything, even their land, which is taken by the rich. Now he joins the army against a Hispanic tribe, the Numantines, which manages to encircle the 20,000 legionnaires and refuses to negotiate with consul Mancinus, but takes the word of Gracchus, for the sake of his father who concluded an honorable peace with them; the troops return, their families rejoice but the senate blames the commanders for a disgraceful surrender. Tiberius uses his popularity to stand for the office of popular tribune, hoping to counter Nasicas extremist line in the senate.
Recounts how the Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD66, was stopped by General Vespasian and his son Titus.
Recounts how the Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world.
In AD 410, the Goth hordes sacked the city. This event symbolised Rome's collapse, but it should never have happened at all.
