Plot Synopsis

Rome's history of its most iconic names and places is being rewritten as experts gain groundbreaking insights from recent excavations. This series highlights the lives of the working class during Pompeii's last twenty-four hours in a newly excavated area of the city; discovers the secrets of Rome's engineers through new finds made during the construction of a new metro tunnel under Rome; sees the real face of Caesar with a bust recently found under the River Tiber; and reveals the secret of Rome's military success through lost weapons and letters written on waxed tablets on the frontline of the Empire.