Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

1st-century BC writers in Latin

Classical Latin is the form of Literary Latin recognized as a literary standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. It formed parallel to Vulgar Latin around 75 BC out of Old Latin, and developed by the 3rd century AD into Late Latin.

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  1. Cicero

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Cicero's political ideas on laws, duty, tyrants and the republic, which he developed as the Roman Republic was threatened by Caesar and civil wars.

    25 January 2018

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    Featuring: Melissa Lane, Catherine Steel, Valentina Arena

     
  2. Vitruvius and De Architectura

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura, the first major treatise on architecture.

    15 March 2012

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    Featuring: Serafina Cuomo, Robert Tavernor, Alice König