Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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CultureGolden Age Latin writersSimple living advocates1st-century BC RomansAncient Roman philhellenes1st-century BC writers1st-century BC writers in Latin1st-century deathsAncient Roman military writers, Roman people of the Gallic WarsAncient Roman satiristsArchitectural theoreticiansIambic poets

  1. 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

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    CultureGolden Age Latin writersSimple living advocates1st-century BC RomansAncient Roman philhellenesIambic poets1st-century BC writersRoman Republican soldiersAncient Roman satirists

  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

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    CultureGolden Age Latin writers1st-century BC RomansRoman Republican soldiers1st-century BC writers in Latin1st-century deathsArchitectural theoreticiansAncient Roman military writers, Roman people of the Gallic Wars