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Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary Beard

Season 1
Tackling everything from gladiators to murdered Emperors, classical scholar Mary Beard returns to the BBC in this unique history documentary where she explores and explodes the myths of the Roman Empire. Delving into the subject with an epic scope, the renowned and irreverent historian gives her own highly distinctive take on this world-defining period. Why do we get the Romans so wrong?
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Birth of an Empire
    April 26, 2016
    59min
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    In this myth-busting, compelling BBC history documentary, renowned classicist Mary Beard revisits and reassesses the legends surrounding the origins of Rome. She argues that the period of greatest Roman expansion occurred when Rome itself was little more than a provincial backwater which used brutal tactics to overpower its enemies. Why was a state such as this so successful at war and conquest?
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  2. S1 E2 - Expansion and Conquest
    May 3, 2016
    59min
    ALL
    In this myth-busting BBC history documentary about the Roman Empire, Mary Beard looks at the idea of identity and discovers that many ‘Romans’ never saw Rome. People from conquered lands were encouraged to become Roman citizens, leading to an incredibly diverse ruling class. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule?
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  3. S1 E3 - A Roman World
    May 10, 2016
    59min
    ALL
    What exactly did cause the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Celebrated historian Mary Beard returns to the BBC with this illuminating history documentary. She discovers that a myriad of factors led to the empire’s destruction, including its sheer size and a distinct change in religious beliefs. But how important was a ‘trouble maker’ called Jesus in the eventual collapse of Rome?
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English [CC]
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Lion Television
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