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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.

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Season 1

  • All Roads Lead to Rome
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    All Roads Lead to Rome

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/2012

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Mary Beard

  • Behind Closed Doors
    7.2/1028 votes

    Behind Closed Doors

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/2012

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Mary Beard

  • Streetlife
    7.1/1031 votes

    Streetlife

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2012

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Mary Beard