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.

Documentary

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.

Documentary

Created By: Mary Beard
First Aired on: Apr 17, 2012
Popularity: 4.0842: 21 votes
Networks: (GB)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 3 episodes

Miniseries

Aired 13 years ago

3 Episodes

Episode 1All Roads Lead to Rome180 min
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
Episode 2Streetlife180 min
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.
Episode 3Behind Closed Doors180 min
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.