Meet the Romans

History Documentary hosted by Mary Beard, published by BBC in 2012 - English narration


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Meet the Romans
Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the everyday people at the heart of Ancient Rome's vast empire We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome - a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all.


1) All Roads Lead to Rome
In this programme, Mary asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the empire did for Rome. She rides the Via Appia, climbs up to the top seats of the Colosseum, takes a boat to Rome's port Ostia and takes us into the bowels of Monte Testaccio. She also meets some extraordinary Romans: Eurysaces, an eccentric baker, who made a fortune out of the grain trade and built his tomb in the shape of a giant bread oven; Baricha, Zabda and Achiba, three prisoners of war who became Roman citizens; and Pupius Amicus, the purple dye seller making imperial dye from shellfish imported from Tunisia. This is Rome from the bottom up.


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* Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
* Video Bitrate: 1526 kbps
* Video Resolution: 720 x 400
* Video Aspect Ratio: 1.8000 (16:9)
* Frames Per Second: 25
* Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3)
* Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s AC3 48000 Hz
* Audio Streams: 2
* Audio Languages: English
* RunTime Per Part: 59.Mins
* Number Of Parts: 3
* Part Size: 702 MB
* Source: PDTV
* Encoded by: Harry65



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1) Further Information
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2012/04/20/meeting-the-romans-at-the-british-museum-2/