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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

★ 7.5/10•2012•3h 0m•PG•Documentary
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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.

Hugo Macgregor · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime3h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 17, 2012

Episodes

Episode 1 - All Roads Lead to RomeE160m

All Roads Lead to Rome

Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.

Apr 17, 2012

Episode 2 - StreetlifeE260m

Streetlife

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.

Apr 24, 2012

Episode 3 - Behind Closed DoorsE360m

Behind Closed Doors

To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.

May 1, 2012

Actors

Mary Beard

Mary Beard

Self - Presenter

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