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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

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.

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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
All Roads Lead to Rome
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.
Streetlife
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.
Behind Closed Doors
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

Mary Beard

Self - Presenter

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