JULIUS CAESAR: THE MAKING OF A DICTATOR is a new three-part BBC-produced historical docudrama that explores how the nearly five-centuries-old Roman democracy was overthrown in just 16 years. The story ...

Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to its ...

It all started with the Roman Republic, established in 501 B.C. as a model of government that centuries later the fledgling United States and European nations would look toward. Checks and balances on ...