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The Rhine

Stories from the chaotic frontier between Rome and the "Barbarians" that became Europe's fault line. We chart the rise of the Roman Empire, it's fall in the West, and the reverberations that led to centuries of conflict between France and Germany.
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Now displaying: January, 2016
Jan 25, 2016

We follow a Roman Army deep into Germania in the year 9 CE.

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Jan 18, 2016
Covering the 18 years from 9 BCE - 9 CE, we examine the cracks in the Augustan Golden Age and spend some time with the under-appreciated Tiberius Claudius Nero, or as he was later known, Tiberius Caesar.
 
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Jan 11, 2016

Covering the years 12 BCE - 9 BCE, we meet a Germanic tribe and follow the first Roman explorer of Germania, Drusus Claudius Nero.

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Jan 4, 2016

Covering the years 30 BCE to 15 BCE, Octavian tries to get a handle on power.  Then his stepsons, the young Claudian brothers Tiberius and Drusus, try to conquer the Alpine tribes.

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