Meet the Romans with Mary Beard - Miniseries
1 - All Roads Lead to Rome
Air Date: April 17, 2012
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
2 - Streetlife
Air Date: 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.
3 - Behind Closed Doors
Air Date: May 1, 2012
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.