Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Golden Age Latin writers

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 was used from 75 BC to the 3rd century AD, when it developed into Late Latin.

6 episodes

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  1. Catullus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Catullus - some of the greatest verse of his time, and some of the most scurrilous - and his influence on Roman and later poetry

    11 January 2020

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    Featuring: Gail Trimble, Simon Smith, Maria Wyke

     
  2. 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

     
  3. Horace

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Horace, one of the greatest poets of his age, the origin of phrases such as carpe diem, nil desperandum and dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

    15 November 2018

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    Featuring: Emily Gowers, William Fitzgerald, Ellen O'Gorman

     
  4. Julius Caesar

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar, one of the most intriguing figures of Roman history.

    2 October 2014

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    Featuring: Christopher Pelling, Catherine Steel, Maria Wyke

     
  5. Ovid

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet whose influence is arguably greater than any poet of the classical age, besides Homer, even though his writing led to his exile.

    29 April 2021

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    Featuring: Maria Wyke, Gail Trimble, Dunstan Lowe

     
  6. 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