Meet the Romans with Mary Beard – Miniseries
2012
3 Episodes
Episodes
S01E01
6.0All Roads Lead to Rome
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
17 Apr 201260m
S01E02
5.0Streetlife
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 Apr 201260m
S01E03
5.0Behind Closed Doors
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
01 May 201260m