Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

Miniseries

2012 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all · 5.3/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. All Roads Lead to Rome

   17 Apr 2012 · 60 min · 6.0/10

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

2. 

   2. Streetlife

   24 Apr 2012 · 60 min · 5.0/10

   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.

3. 

   3. Behind Closed Doors

   1 May 2012 · 60 min · 5.0/10

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