Browse the Ancient Rome era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet's celebration of agriculture and rural life
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eusebius of Caesarea and his stories of Christian martyrs.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential poets of Rome's Augustan Age.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an orthodox form of Christianity that became a heresy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scale and impact of the plague that raged in 541AD.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poems of Catullus from the late Roman Republic
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most notorious rulers of ancient Rome.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between slavery and the power of Rome.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
