

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
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.
Cast

Mary Beard
Self - Presenter
Seasons

E1All Roads Lead to Rome
Apr 17, 2012
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.

E2Streetlife
Apr 24, 2012
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.

E3Behind Closed Doors
May 1, 2012
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
Storyline
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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