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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

★ 7.52012180 min
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Synopsis

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.

Episodes

Episode 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.

2012-04-17 · 60 min
Episode 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.

2012-04-24 · 60 min
Episode 3

Behind Closed Doors

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

2012-05-01 · 60 min
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Cast

Mary BeardMary BeardSelf - Presenter
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