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3. Rome's Got Talent

Meet a child prodigy who recited his poetry for the Emperor and the raucous Roman crowds.

• 28 mins

4. What We Lost in the Fire

Join the greatest doctor of his age as Rome's great fire threatens his life's work.

• 27 mins

5. Battling Bureaucrats

Meet the frustrated office manager trying his best to run an empire.

• 27 mins

6. Love in the Borderlands

A man and a woman meet and marry on Hadrian's Wall. Is it true love or exploitation?

• 28 mins

7. The Whistleblower

Meet the savvy political operator who cleaned up Britain after Boudicca's revolt.

• 28 mins

8. Death on the Nile

Join Hadrian and his court poet for one of the strangest voyages in the history of Rome.

• 28 mins

9. Soldiering for Softies

Mary Beard meets the young Roman soldier who spends more time shopping than fighting.

• 28 mins

10. A Bag of Snails and a Glass of Wine

Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl.

• 28 mins

11. Three Lovers and a Funeral

Two men, one woman. All three seem devoted to each other. Love story or exploitation?

• 27 mins

12. The Wolf of Via Vesuvio

Mary joins novelist Robert Harris to uncover the story of a Pompeii hustler

• 28 mins