Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Medicine in ancient Rome was highly influenced by ancient Greek medicine, but also developed new practices through knowledge of the Hippocratic Corpus combined with use of the treatment of diet, regimen, along with surgical procedures. This was most notably seen through the works of two of the prominent Greek physicians, Dioscorides and Galen, who practiced medicine and recorded their discoveries.

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  1. 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 geographersAncient Roman antiquarians1st-century geographersAncient Roman scientists, People from Como, Plinii1st-century RomansAncient Roman encyclopedistsSilver Age Latin writersPhilosophers of Roman Italy1st centuryRome

  2. 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 philosophersAncient Roman satiristsPeople from Córdoba, Spain1st-century RomansForced suicidesLetter writers in LatinMale essayistsAncient Roman encyclopedistsSuffect consuls of Imperial RomeSuicides in Ancient RomeExecuted writersExecuted philosophersSilver Age Latin writers1st-century writers1st-century executionsPeople executed by the Roman Empire1st centuryRome