Ancient Rome
Browse the Ancient Rome era within the In Our Time archive.
Julian the Apostate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
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The Sack of Rome 1527
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
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Tiberius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.
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Virgil's Georgics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet's celebration of agriculture and rural life
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Early Christian Martyrdom
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eusebius of Caesarea and his stories of Christian martyrs.
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Ovid
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential poets of Rome's Augustan Age.
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Arianism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an orthodox form of Christianity that became a heresy.
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Marcus Aurelius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.
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The Plague of Justinian
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scale and impact of the plague that raged in 541AD.
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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions.
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Catullus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poems of Catullus from the late Roman Republic
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Nero
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most notorious rulers of ancient Rome.
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Horace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.
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Roman Slavery
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between slavery and the power of Rome.
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Augustine's Confessions
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
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Constantine the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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Seneca the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.
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Romulus and Remus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome.
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Justinian's Legal Code
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.
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Pliny the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.
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Spartacus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.
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Julius Caesar
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar.
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Josephus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
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Agrippina the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
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