Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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1st-century Romans

The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it.

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  1. Josephus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.

    21 May 2015

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    Featuring: Tessa Rajak, Philip Alexander, Martin Goodman

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    HistoryMilitary personnel from Jerusalem1st-century historiansGreek-language historians from the Roman EmpireJewish historiansAncient Roman antiquarians1st-century Romans1st-century writers

  2. Pliny the Younger

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman lawyer and statesman Pliny the Younger, whose letters offer a fascinating insight into his life and the ancient world.

    12 December 2013

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    Featuring: Catharine Edwards, Roy Gibson, Alice König

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    HistorySuffect consuls of Imperial RomeAncient Roman adopteesSilver Age Latin writersAncient Roman scientists, People from Como, PliniiCritics of ChristianityLetter writers in LatinAugurs of the Roman Empire1st-century Romans2nd-century Romans

  3. Pliny's Natural History

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny the Elder's Natural History, a comprehensive and influential encyclopedia of the natural sciences written in the first century AD.

    8 July 2010

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    Featuring: Serafina Cuomo, Aude Doody, Liba Taub

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    ScienceAncient Roman encyclopedistsPhilosophers of Roman ItalyAncient Roman geographersSilver Age Latin writersAncient Roman antiquariansAncient Roman scientists, People from Como, Plinii1st-century Romans1st-century geographers

  4. Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the last of the great Greek astronomers of antiquity, Ptolemy, and his influence on ancient and medieval astronomy.

    17 November 2011

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    Featuring: Liba Taub, Jim Bennett, Charles Burnett

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    PhilosophyAncient Roman geographersAncient Greek geographersEpigrammatists of the Greek Anthology2nd-century RomansAncient Greek music theorists1st-century RomansAncient occultistsClaudii2nd-century Greek philosophers

  5. Seneca the Younger

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Seneca: philosopher, playwright, tutor to Nero, one of the first great writers born in the new Roman empire after the fall of the Republic.

    23 February 2017

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    Featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards, Alessandro Schiesaro

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    CultureRoman-era Stoic philosophers1st-century executionsAncient Roman encyclopedistsSuicides in Ancient RomeForced suicidesSuffect consuls of Imperial RomeExecuted writersMale essayistsAncient Roman satiristsPeople executed by the Roman EmpirePeople from Córdoba, SpainExecuted philosophersSilver Age Latin writersLetter writers in Latin1st-century Romans1st-century writers

  6. The Augustan Age

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political regime and cultural influence of the Roman Emperor Augustus.

    11 June 2009

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    Featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards, Duncan Kennedy

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    CultureDeified Roman emperorsCharacters in Book VI of the AeneidRoman pharaohsShipwreck survivorsFounding monarchs1st-century Romans1st-century Roman emperorsPeople in the canonical gospelsAncient Roman military personnel, Burials at the Mausoleum of AugustusAugustusAncient Roman adopteesJulii CaesaresJulio-Claudian dynastyPeople of the War of Mutina1st-century BC Roman augurs, 1st-century BC Roman consuls