Meet the Romans with Mary Beard - Season 1
Episode List
E1 - All Roads Lead to Rome
Aired: April 17, 2012
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
E2 - Streetlife
Aired: April 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.
E3 - Behind Closed Doors
Aired: May 01, 2012
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.