Dan Snow presents this Bafta Cymru-winning film following the travels of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Dan journeys over Hadrian's domain and reveals the ruler's genius and also his ruthlessness. He also investigates Hadrian's relationship with a young Greek man, Antinous, his lover whom he ordered deified after his early death.
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