Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Acclaimed British historian Mary Beard fell in love with the intrigue of classical Rome as a child.
Episodes
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E1 · All Roads Lead to Rome
59 minBeard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
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E2 · Streetlife
59 minMary 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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E3 · Behind Closed Doors
59 minTo learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
