Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit is a TV show on BBC4. How could a mediocre city in central Italy come to dominate such a huge area? What held the empire together and tore it apart? Mary Beard takes in the history and archaeology of the ancient world. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 4 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2024.
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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In the final episode, Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall?
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Mary Beard explores the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In this episode, she takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire.
Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. Mary explores the physical world of the Roman Empire and finds surprising parallels with our own world.
Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In the first episode, Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome.