Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
2016
1 Season
7.4
Documentary
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
E1Apr 27, 20161h
Birth of an Empire
Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome.
E2May 4, 20161h
Bounds of the Empire
Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire.
E3May 11, 20161h
Expansion and Conquest
Mary Beard takes an in-depth look at identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire.
E4May 18, 20161h
A Roman World
Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall?
Top Cast
Mary Beard
Self - Presenter
