Mary Beard, author of SPQR A History of Ancient Rome (2015) has made a number of documentaries, some of which can be watched on youtube. Currently there is "Ultimate Rome : Empire without limit" (2016) which starts of with interesting digressions on Romes early history & mythology.

02/02/2020
And here she is debating Greeks vs Romans with Boris Johnson, British PM (Pro Brexit), "I'm afraid in many ways the Romans were barstards". Part of her debate is a rather pointed (jugular) example of a letter to Cicero pertaining to election, Commentariolum Petitionis.