Browse the Ancient Rome era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cult of Mithras, the Roman mystery religion.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.
The causes and events of the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century.
The rise and eventual downfall of the Roman Republic which survived for 500 years.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Sassanian Empire in Persia from the 3rd to the 7th century AD.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura.