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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