Browse the Ancient Rome era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Greek mathematician Archimedes and his famous cry of βeureka!β
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and mythologisation of Boudica.
The culture, history and legacy of the eastern Byzantine Empire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Destruction of Carthage
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt.
Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall.
Melvyn Bragg considers whether 'happiness' means living a life of pleasure or of virtue.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny's Natural History, one of the first encyclopedias.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Queen Zenobia, who led a rebellion against Ancient Rome.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 400 year history of the Romans in Britain.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman satire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests assess the role that Rome has played in European civilization.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influence of St Paul on the early Christian church.
Melvyn Bragg explore Stoicism, the most influential philosophy in the Ancient World.
Melvyn Bragg examines the life and chronicles of the the Roman historian Tacitus.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss βThe Aeneidβ, Virgil's great epic poem about Rome.
Melvyn Bragg explores the history and changing the status of the artist.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome.
Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient origins of our Gregorian calendar.
Melvyn Bragg examines what we really know about the Celts of pre-Roman Britain.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy.
