Rome: Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard

Mary Beard reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome; she tries to gain an insight into the deep-rooted psyche of the people of Rome, a city born through fratricide and rape.

Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire; she discovers a vast empire bound together by a common material culture and a globalized economy of such scale that evidence of its side effects can still be seen.

Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire; what did it mean to be, or to become, Roman and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule?