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
Season 11
All Roads Lead to RomeProf Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.60m2
StreetlifeMary 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.60m3
Behind Closed DoorsTo learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.60m
All Roads Lead to RomeProf Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.60m2StreetlifeMary 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.60m3Behind Closed DoorsTo learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.60mCast
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