Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

Mary Beard unearths the lives of the Ancients. Join Mary as she resurrects the real lives of people from the ancient Greek and Roman empires.

Radio 4,13 episodes

Episodes

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Being Roman, Series 2
The Whistleblower
Meet the savvy political operator who cleaned up Britain after Boudicca's revolt.
07 May 2024,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 2
Death on the Nile
Join Hadrian and his court poet for one of the strangest voyages in the history of Rome.
14 May 2024,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 2
Soldiering for Softies
Mary Beard meets the young Roman soldier who spends more time shopping than fighting.
21 May 2024,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 2
A Bag of Snails and a Glass of Wine
Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl.
28 May 2024,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 2
Three Lovers and a Funeral
Two men, one woman. All three seem devoted to each other. Love story or exploitation?
04 Jun 2024,27 mins
Being Roman, Series 2
The Wolf of Via Vesuvio
Mary joins novelist Robert Harris to uncover the story of a Pompeii hustler.
11 Jun 2024,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
Welcome to Being Roman with Mary Beard
From a slave to an emperor, Mary Beard meets six fascinating people from the Roman Empire.
01 Nov 2023,2 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
Loving An Emperor
Meet Marcus Aurelius- Emperor, warrior, philosopher and dangerous flirt.
08 Nov 2023,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
The Vengeance of Turia
Meet Turia, a young woman fighting for her family in the chaos of a brutal civil war.
08 Nov 2023,27 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
Rome's Got Talent
Meet a child prodigy who recited his poetry for the Emperor and the raucous Roman crowds.
08 Nov 2023,28 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
What We Lost in the Fire
Join the greatest doctor of his age as Rome's great fire threatens his life's work.
08 Nov 2023,27 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
Battling Bureaucrats
Meet the frustrated office manager trying his best to run an empire.
08 Nov 2023,27 mins
Being Roman, Series 1
Love in the Borderlands
A man and a woman meet and marry on Hadrian's Wall. Is it true love or exploitation?
08 Nov 2023,28 mins