TV Guide PBS America Monday

English Classical scholar Mary Beard explores the myths and revolutions of the Roman Empire, looking at it with an epic scope, and gives her own personal take on the world-defining period. In the first edition, she gains an insight into the deep-rooted psyche of the people of Rome, looks at the expansion of the city, and travels to Greece, where Rome adopted a complex mix of brute force and cultural cringe, and France, where she finds evidence of war methods akin to genocide

Exploring the impact of the Second World War on a small island in the Palau archipelago in Micronesia, a remote island considered the most well-preserved battlefield in the world and a living testament to one of the US Marines' most bitter and eye-opening fights in the conflict