Video Documentaries

This docudrama, Barbarians Rising, tells the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from the viewpoint of the rebel leaders - termed as barbarians by the Romans - who launched epic struggles that would help to shape the future. The four-part series details the 700-year battle to bring down one of the world's strongest empires. The warriors whose stories are told in the fact-based episodes include Hannibal, who vowed to destroy Rome as a 9-year-old; slave-turned-rebel Spartacus, who led a barbarian revolt; Celtic warrior queen Boudica; and Viriathus, a shepherd who became a rebel leader. Barbarians Rising - Resistance part 1 [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Barbarians-Rising-ep.1.mp4"][/video]   An epic 700-year battle for freedom begins as the barbarians rise against Rome; Hannibal builds a rebel alliance and conquers the Alps; the shepherd Viriathus unleashes a wave of resistance to save ...

The Spartacus Revolt: In 73 BC, Spartacus broke out of gladiator school and started the most terrifying slave revolt in Rome's history. Visiting Pompeii, southern Italy and the British Museum, Bettany explores the importance and appalling reality of slavery in ancient Rome and how the revolt played a major role in shaping Rome's political future. She also reveals that not all of Spartacus's followers were slaves. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Eight.Days_.That_.Made_.Rome_.Part_.2.mp4" id="896" src="" poster="" loop="false" autoplay="true" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video]   Bettany Hughes looks at the day in 73BC that Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator fighting for the entertainment of the Romans, broke out of gladiator school and started a slave revolt. The Republic's rulers were so panicked by the prot...