To contribute, click here. ••• On the Ides of March, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated with knives by his fearful political rivals. On that day the Roman Republic started its death spiral.

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.

High Priest Episode 1 | 54m 23s | AD CC Caesar enters into dangerous alliances and bends the rules of the Republic in his bid to become Consul: the highest political position in Rome. But one man ...

ROME (AP) — Four temples from ancient Rome, dating back as far as the 3rd century B.C. stand smack in the middle of one of the modern city’s busiest crossroads.