Episodes List
Ep.1 All Roads Lead to Rome
Air Date: 2012-04-17
Prof Mary Beard takes the Via Appia to Rome to show the lives of ordinary citizens in imperial times.
Ep.2 Streetlife
Air Date: 2012-04-24
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.
Ep.3 Behind Closed Doors
Air Date: 2012-05-01
To learn about their family life, Beard looks at the thousands of tombstones of ordinary Romans, their children and slaves.
