It's time for our monthly visit to the ancient world, with classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson.
Tonight, we have a pantheon of dictators and despots, including Nero, Caligula, and a bloke called Draco.
In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life" Photo: CMPLAB
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