The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

Comedies and tragedies were popular while other plays focused on Roman history. The first theatre that was permanently built was the Theatre of Pompey in 55BCE. It was could hold 20,000 spectators.

He returned to Rome in 60 BC and, the following year, was elected consul, the highest office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus.

After the unhappy years of purges and treason trials, Rome welcomed its new emperor. The youngest son of the war hero, Germanicus, Gaius Caesar had grown up around soldiers and his nickname ...