Why did I listen to you? &lt;i&gt;After the disaster of Pharsalus,&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Pompey fled to Egypt hoping to raise another army.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;But there, he was murdered.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Labienus went on fighting Caesar as the civil war petered out.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;But he too was killed in the final battle of the conflict,&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;the battle of Munda.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Cato was never able to come to terms with Caesar's victory,&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;and a year after Pharsalus, he took his own life.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Marcellus was pardoned by Caesar,&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;but later, he was mysteriously murdered.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Caesar's victory brought an end to the civil war&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;and the system of government which had served Rome for 500 years.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;He made himself dictator for life, effectively Rome's first emperor.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;But in March 44 BC, his enemies conspired against him.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Though his reign lasted only four years, his killers could not turn back the tide of history.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;The age of the republic was over.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;The age of the emperors was about to begin.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Next on Ancient Rome, Emperor Nero.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Fire, murder, madness.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;A hundred years after Julius Caesar, Rome descended into chaos.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;This is the story of how the most powerful ruler in the world went insane&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;and took Rome to the brink of destruction.&lt;/i&gt;