Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)
7.5 (21 votes)
1 Season
April 17, 2012
English
Documentary
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.
Creator
Richard Bradley
Network
BBC Two
Episodes
E1
All Roads Lead to Rome
Apr 17, 2012
60 min
6.0
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
E2
Streetlife
Apr 24, 2012
60 min
5.0
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.
E3
Behind Closed Doors
May 1, 2012
60 min
5.0
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
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Details
Original Title
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
3