Being Roman with Mary Beard

By BBC Radio 4

What's Being Roman with Mary Beard about?

Beneath the starched togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discovered. Mary Beard uncovers six fascinating stories from the Empire.

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Being Roman with Mary Beard episodes:

11.08.2023
6: Love in the Borderlands
At the very edge of Empire, inscribed on a beautifully carved tombstone, there’s a story of love across the tracks. On Hadrian’s Wall a slave girl from Hertfordshire and a lonely traveller from Syria meet and marry. The...
11.08.2023
5: Battling Bureaucrats
What does it take to run an Empire? Armies and slaves, of course, but also bureaucrats. At its height the Roman Empire employed thousands of men charged with keeping Rome and its provinces fed, watered and content. ...
11.08.2023
4: What We Lost in the Fire
For an aspiring medic it was a dream assignment- official team doctor to the gladiators of Pergamon. The top names in the arena were worth a lot of money and it was up to young Galen to keep them...
11.08.2023
3: Rome's Got Talent
Imagine the feeling in the pit of your stomach as you take to the stage in front of 7000 people to recite a complex poem you’ve just made up on the spot. 11 year old Sulpicius Maximus knows that...
11.08.2023
2: The Vengeance of Turia
Beneath starched Shakespearean togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discovered. To know what it was to be Roman you need to gather the scattered clues until they form a living, breathing...
11.07.2023
1: Loving An Emperor
Beneath starched Shakespearean togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discovered. To know what it was to be Roman you need to gather the scattered clues until they form a living, breathing...
11.01.2023
Welcome to Being Roman with Mary Beard
Beneath starched Shakespearean togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discovered. To know what it was to be Roman you need to gather the scattered clues until they form a living, breathing...

What's Being Roman with Mary Beard about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Being Roman with Mary Beard episodes:

6: Love in the Borderlands

5: Battling Bureaucrats

4: What We Lost in the Fire

3: Rome's Got Talent

2: The Vengeance of Turia

1: Loving An Emperor

Welcome to Being Roman with Mary Beard