Boris Johnson and the Dream of Rome

Episode 1 (1x1)

: 29, 2006

Despite ruling a vast empire, the Romans didn't do everything at the point of a sword. Boris Johnson looks at how the Romans ran a united Europe, and ponders challenges facing the European Union. The journey takes him to Rome itself, the ancient harbour city of Ostia, Provence and the Rhineland. Are there lessons for modern Europeans to learn?