These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero; Marcus Agrippa has come to Rome on Octavius's behalf to negotiate with Cicero and Vorenus continues his dark reign over the Aventine. Antony tries to bully Cicero in to handing over Gaul to him, but Cicero baulks and flees to join Octavian. Testudo et Lepus; Octavian's forces defeat, but do not wipe out, Antony's. Vorenus and Pullo rescue the former's children and Brutus and Cassius's forces in Asia Minor grow stronger. find out more...

Heroes of the Republic; Octavian returns to Rome and tries to seize power but risks defeat by the scheming Cicero. Octavian and Antony ally against Brutus and Cicero. Philippi; the battle of Philippi takes place. find out more...

Death Mask; Servilia squats outside Atia's home and Octavian and Antony stitch up a political marriage between the two families. A Necessary Fiction; Octavian takes a bride and Antony returns to Egypt. find out more...

Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus; Antony spends his time wearing make-up, and in bed with Cleopatra, and Atia and Octavia arrive in Egypt only to be humiliatingly rebuffed. De Patre Vostro; following his defeat at Actium, by Agrippa, Antony falls on his sword and Cleopatra has a date with an asp. Finally, while peace reigns in Rome, Caesarion, in true shaggy dog style, finds out his his real dad is! find out more...

Huge epic, set during the heyday of Republican Rome, in all its ostentatious glory. The story details the purchase and selection of slaves, the harsh discipline and routine of the gladiators' school, the new comradeship balked by the realisation that a gladiator must kill or be killed. Then the film really comes into its own with the superbly staged revolt and escape, led by the slave who, with his unlikely army, holds the Roman army at bay for four years. Magnificent, masterful....a classic! find out more...

A big budget dramatisation of the birth of Christ that focuses on the arduous journey of his pregnant mother and her husband to the Bethlehem innkeeper's legendary stables. Virgin birth!!! Pull the other one Mary. Admirably made - aimed at 'believers'. find out more...