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Ancients Behaving Badly: Cleopatra

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Alexander the Great

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Nero

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Genghis Khan

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Hannibal

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Julius Caesar

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Attila The Hun

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Ancients Behaving Badly: Caligula

Ancients Behaving Badly is a documentary series from the History Channel that applies a modern analytical take to some of classical history’s most infamous rulers. But why where they so infamous?. History is written by the victors, whether the dynasty that usurped the line of Nero and Caligula and therefore had a vested interest in making them look bad, or the history of the Mongols, a hagiography to Genghis Khan written by his successors designed to make him look great.
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Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

We know Cleopatra as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2 Millenniums almost all evidence of her has disappeared, but recently new evidence has been discovered. Archaeologists believe they have discovered the skeleton of her sister, murdered by Cleopatra and Mark Antony. This is the dark side of Cleopatra; this is the portrait of a killer who murdered her own siblings for

A History of Britain – The Two Winstons

A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama and features a study of the history of the British Isles, examining a particular period and tell of its events in his own style. The show spans a timeline from 3100 B.C. to the sixties of the 20th century.
In the 15th and final episode covering the years of 1910 until 1965, Schama introduces two unique individuals, Winston Churchill