Deaths by blade weapons
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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
Featuring: Melissa Lane, Catherine Steel, Valentina Arena
PhilosophyNatural law ethicistsGolden Age Latin writersExecuted philosophersTrope theoristsExecuted writersClassical humanistsPhilosophers of Roman ItalyLetter writers in LatinRoman-era students in AthensRoman quaestors1st-century BC writers in LatinDeaths by blade weaponsRoman Republican praetorsPeople of the War of Mutina1st-century BC Roman consuls, 1st-century BC Roman augursAncient Roman equites, Ancient Roman exilesAncient Roman rhetoricians, Ancient Roman juristsSpartacus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Spartacus, a Roman gladiator who was involved in a series of slave uprisings against the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC.
6 March 2014
Featuring: Mary Beard, Maria Wyke, Theresa Urbainczyk