Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)
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.
First Air Date: 2012-04-17
Last Air Date: 2012-05-01
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Created By: Mary Beard
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Mary Beard as Self - Presenter
Seasons
Miniseries (2012)
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Episodes:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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