John Hurt

Claudius is happily married, while the mad Caligula has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has been proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

Caligula’s erratic behaviour continues, as he makes his horse a senator and turns the palace into a brothel. Many in the Praetorian Guard grow to realise that their ruler is…

Claudius has high hopes of a return to a Republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself a god and his sister a goddess… but Rome officially accepts his divinity.

With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife so he can marry Livilla. But he also has powerful enemies and his…

In the far north of Japan, thrust out into the north Pacific, is the remote island of Hokkaido. It’s a land of towering volcanoes and steaming lakes, marshy valleys and…