1. All Roads Lead to Rome

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. 17 April 2012. 180 min

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

2. Streetlife

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. 24 April 2012. 180 min

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.

3. Behind Closed Doors

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. 1 May 2012. 180 min

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