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

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3/3 Mary Beard goes behind the closed doors of Roman homes to explore their family life.

Sun 13 May 2012 22:05 BBC HD

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  • Meet the Romans: and not just the Toffs

    Meet the Romans: and not just the Toffs

    "Romans are just as interesting as the toffs - the generals and emperors - and that there is still loads that we can find out about them."

    Read and comment on Presenter, Mary Beard's post on the BBC TV Blog
  • Locations

    Outside Rome the team visited Ancient Ostia, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Museo Archeologico al Teatro in Verona and The British Museum in London.

    Within Rome they visited Via Appia Antica, Colloseum, The Forum, Monte Testaccio (please note this is not open to the public), The Baker’s Monument in Piazza di Porta Maggiore, Museo della Civilta Romana, Vigna Codini (please note this is not open to the public), Case Romane al Celio, Piazza Fiume, Pantheon and surrounding area, Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini (museum), Spanish Steps and Trastevere which is a district in Rome.

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