Brutality, corruption and decadence in ancient Rome during the life and times of the five Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero - bywords for depravity and cruelty.
The 95 years this family ran Rome saw the flowering of the most successful and civilised empire the world had ever seen. Yet beneath the surface veneer of art, justice and civic pride, lay a world of untrammelled sex, violence and greed.