From Ancient Rome to the Renaissance, these five series immerse viewers in some of the most fascinating periods of Italian ...

Ancient Rome has long been fertile ground for big-screen epics, from Ben Hur to Gladiator. But the age of togas and chariot races hasn't spawned many successful TV dramas. So Peacock execs likely knew ...

The two-part special uses dramatic live action sequences, archive footage, and expert commentary to bring to life the crucial players in Rome's thousand-year history.

Peacock has given a straight-to-series U.S. order for Those About to Die, a large-scale Ancient Rome gladiatorial epic inspired by the nonfiction classic of the same name. Those About to Die is set ...

A swords-and-sandals epic that’s cast in a Game of Thrones mold—and strives to whet audiences’ appetites for Ridley Scott’s upcoming Gladiator II—Those About to Die delivers intrigue, deception, and ...