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Ancient Worlds
01:20 am - 02:20 am Wednesday, October 21
The Republic of Virtue
Season 1 · Episode 5
Richard Miles travels to Sicily and North Africa to explore the rise of the Roman republic, from its fratricidal mythical beginnings to its emergence as a powerful empire. Beginning in a cluster of hill villages, the Romans achieved the domination of the Mediterranean after defeating Carthage, and the historian argues that, as the territorial expansion started and the violence increased, Rome became its own worst enemy
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