Eight Days That Made Rome Season 1 Episode 4 - Rome's First Emperor

Airdate: 2017-Nov-17

Episode summary:

Presenter Bettany Hughes explores the day in 32BC when Octavian, Julius Caesar's adopted son, stole the secret will of Mark Antony, his most dangerous political rival. The document's release gave Octavian crucial support in the civil war that followed and allowed him to establish himself as Rome's first emmperor, Augustus.

About Eight Days That Made Rome series:

Eight Days That Made Rome is a docu-drama that leaves behind the conventional chronologies of Rome’s thousand-year history and brings razor-s...Show more >