Meet the Romans with Mary Beard(2012)

7.5

1 Seasons

Documentary

Overview

Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the everyday people at the heart of Ancient Rome's vast empire.

Created By: Mary Beard

Episodes

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All Roads Lead to Rome

Ep 1

All Roads Lead to Rome

Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.

17/04/2012180 min

Streetlife

Ep 2

Streetlife

Mary heads into the streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex, and slum conditions in the world's first high-rise city. Oddly enough, the poorer you were, the higher you lived, with little space, light, or sanitation.

24/04/2012180 min

Behind Closed Doors

Ep 3

Behind Closed Doors

To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.

01/05/2012180 min

Top Cast

Mary Beard

Mary Beard

Self - Presenter

Show Info

StatusEnded

NetworkBBC Two

TypeMiniseries