Series
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Documentary
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1All Roads Lead to Rome17 Apr 2012 · 60m · ★ 6.0Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
2Streetlife24 Apr 2012 · 60m · ★ 5.0Mary 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.
3Behind Closed Doors1 May 2012 · 60m · ★ 5.0To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
Details
- Created by
- Mary Beard
- First aired
- 17 Apr 2012
- Last aired
- 1 May 2012
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 3
- Votes
- 21 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Magellan TV
Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Amazon MX Player
Cast
Mary BeardSelf - Presenter
