Rome Unwrapped

The series that brought new evidence to the most iconic names and places of ancient Rome.

Rome’s history is being rewritten. New excavations are transforming our understanding of the empire that shaped the modern world — and this eight-part series was at the forefront of that shift.

Built on unique access to new excavations across the ancient world and combining innovative CGI with stylish dramatisation, the series brought fresh and often startling insights to the most iconic names and places of ancient Roman history. But what set it apart was its perspective — not emperors and elites, but the working classes, engineers, and common soldiers whose experiences were quietly rewriting everything historians thought they knew about the empire.

Over eight episodes, the series uncovered the lives of ordinary people during Pompeii’s last twenty-four hours in a newly excavated area of the city; revealed the real face of Caesar through a bust recently recovered from the River Rhone; and unlocked the secret of Rome’s military dominance through lost weapons and letters written on waxed tablets at the frontline of the empire. From the invasion of Britain to the destruction of Pompeii and the opening of the Colosseum, the series presented a Rome that was darker, more complex, and more disarmingly modern than anything that had come before.