
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
PG2012•3h 0m•7.5/10
Documentary
Ratings
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7.5/10(21)
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.
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
April 17, 2012
Last Aired
May 1, 2012
Networks
BBC Two
Created By
Mary Beard
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season

E1
All Roads Lead to Rome
Air date: 2012-04-17
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.

E2
Streetlife
Air date: 2012-04-24
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
Air date: 2012-05-01
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
Cast

Mary Beard
Self - Presenter
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