Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit — Season 1
About this season
In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting approach to Roman history, to give her definitive take on the Roman Empire. How and why did it happen? In search of answers, she takes us to the most telling sites and the most revealing artifacts, and she examines the legacy the Roman Empire has left behind.
Episodes (4)
1. Birth of an Empire
8.0Aired 27 April 2016 • 60 min
Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome.
2. Bounds of the Empire
8.0Aired 4 May 2016 • 60 min
Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire.
3. Expansion and Conquest
8.0Aired 11 May 2016 • 60 min
Mary Beard takes an in-depth look at identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire.
4. A Roman World
8.0Aired 18 May 2016 • 60 min
Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall?