Conn Iggulden makes an unexpected choice for the show as he nominates the Roman Emperor Nero, who had a reputation for debauchery and murder. He was accused of killing his mother and two wives, and castrating and marrying one of his servants. But the writer thinks the emperor was a victim of bad press, pointing to a recent exhibition at the British Museum which worked hard to soften Nero's terrible reputation. Dr Shushma Malik of Cambridge University joins in the discussion with Iggulden and Matthew Parris
