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Streetlife

Documentary

NR

59

Apr 23, 2012

In this second programme, Prof. Mary Beard descends down into the city streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex and slum conditions in the world’s first highrise city.

Season 1, 3 episodes

season 1 (3 episodes)

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard,

In this first programme, Mary asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the Empire did for Rome.

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard,

In this second programme, Prof. Mary Beard descends down into the city streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex and slum conditions in the world’s first highrise city.

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard,

In this episode, Prof. Mary Beard delves even deeper into ordinary Roman life by going behind the closed doors of their homes. Here, she’ll meet an extraordinary cast of characters - drunken housewives, teenage brides, bullied children and runaway slaves.

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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

Documentary

1

59

In this series, Prof Mary Beard puts aside the stories of Emperors and armies, blood, guts and gore, to take a completely fresh look at the ancient city and meet the real Romans.

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