What The Day-To-Day Life Was Really Like In Ancient Rome | Rome: Empire Without Limit | Timeline

Mary beard for the romans Joanne fletcher for the Egyptians amazing experts who don’t make history lessons boring.

I really hope Mary Beard gets the chance to and accepts the chance to make another series like this soon. I think her perspective combined with going on site and viewing actual pertinent artifacts is just a winning combination. The "Why the Dark Ages were not Really that Dark" uses a similar formula, and honestly I think it makes for some of the most interesting history doc work.

I often think how great it would be if we had access to a time machine to be able to go back and see it all for ourselves. I wouldn't even be greedy and want to see Roman Triumphs, one of Calligula's venomous snake flinging speeches or Caesar's assassination. I'd be happy just walking the streets and watching normal life go on. Emerse myself in that atmosphere. Even if the price for said time travel was time taken off your own life. Each trip costing you, say, a month off your life. I love history so much I'd probably use up all my life years time travelling and die in ancient Sumer somewhere, 99 years old at 41 and content.

This documentary is glorious and reminds me of the glory days of documentaries in the 80/90's. Fantastic!

My mother was a history teacher and I dreaded every vacation as it was yet another part of an intense 2-3 week history lesson/ study course. In hindsight I'm grateful, but Mary would have been I would've dropped my gelato for to follow, listen and learn for in a heartbeat. ❤

This is such a great episode! So informative and I just adore watching Mary!! She’s like traveling with a great friend whom you just don’t tire of! She’s a blessing to historical documentaries!

The word milestone literally comes from those stones marking each mile!

Yet another brilliant journey with Professor Mary Beard. Professor, I love the way you lay out the information with stories and make your field of expertise both interesting and accessible to laypersons, such as I. Your humor is also so enjoyable ... so British, and in just the right doses. "Olives, olives, and more damn olives!" is among my favorites. Thank you for your work. Thank you, Timeline, for uploading this to your channel.

Marvelous Mary, as you tour Hadrian's Empire, we are astonished at the vat knowledge you develop to us the viewer. Truly another epic tour of the Roman Empire at it's pinnacle point in human history.

I cant help but tear up when I listen to Mary Beard. I have her books and I also listen to her on Audible --- just sooooooo amazing writing and storytelling. Grazie mille ❤

One of the best documentary about Rome I've ever watched, thank you! Highly recommend the 1950's famous British travel writer H V Morton's book "A Traveller in Rome", he went deep dive into the eternal city, basically living like a local, sharing its history, architectures, different cultures/people of various neighborhoods, religious insights, & eating at hundred years old coffee/tea shops. I learned so much. Rome really is an unique city that one can travel to so many times yet still finding new discoveries around the corners each time.

Terrific documentary, thank you all who were involved in this production.

Love the passion of the moderator! Couldnt imagine this series without her :)

Daily life in Rome - it was SO GOOD !!!!!!!!!! Amazing. I lived in Rome for 5 years, and still could never imaging all that you taught. Just wonderful. Transforming.

The Roman gift of organisation is amazing

The Aquaduct is incredible

Endlessly fascinating, the history of ancient Rome. It was described by the 5 "F's", flood, fire, famine, fever, and filth. Fortunately there was much, much more to Rome. For many "Rome" is empire, good and crazy rulers, gladiatorial combat, and legions on the move. If I had my druthers I would program my time machine to whisk me back to the Regal period, from c.a. 753BCE to 509BCE, a period of myth, legend and history when the ancient Roman virtues were formulated. Did king Ancus Martius really exist? Was the Republic established when Tarquin "Superbus" was kicked out of town? From a minor town on the Tiber to a huge empire, it is a marvel. Thanks for talks such as this.

My first visit to this incredible city was in 1984 and in addition to the remarkable architecture what was breathtaking was the way of life. In particular I remember early one morning walking through a square off the beaten path and saw three old women on a bench requisitioning some young boys on their way to school to go into a store to do their shopping. They were super fast and were given some coins as a thank you. All over you could see cooperation to make the daily challenges of living with bridges, cobbles and canals work for everyone. It made such a lasting impression as a model on community.

I love her!! And Dr Joanne Fletcher. Two of the best!

Mary Beard is magnificent. Than you so much for all that you share with us, a people of the world.