Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

E1. All Roads Lead to Rome

Apr 17, 2012 · 60m

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

E2. Streetlife

Apr 24, 2012 · 60m

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.

E3. Behind Closed Doors

May 1, 2012 · 60m

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