Two legionaries through the fall of the Republic; HBO and the BBC's expensive Caesar.
Rowan Atkinson through four eras of English history; the last scene of Goes Forth.
Derek Jacobi as the stammering emperor and Sian Phillips as Livia; the BBC's 1976 Rome.
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell by candlelight; Hilary Mantel on the BBC.
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