Ellen O'Gorman
Senior Lecturer in Classics University of Bristol
5 episodes
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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three legions of the Roman general Varus in 9 AD, so limiting the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Rhine
13 February 2020
Also featuring: Matthew Nicholls, Peter Heather
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
Also featuring: Emily Gowers, William Fitzgerald
Hannibal
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who famously led an army across the Alps.
11 October 2012
Also featuring: Mark Woolmer, Louis Rawlings
Carthage's Destruction
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the complete destruction of Carthage by Rome, a pivotal moment in world history.
12 February 2009
Also featuring: Mary Beard, Jo Quinn
Tacitus and the Decadence of Rome
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman historian Tacitus, whose portrayal of Roman decadence influences the way we see Rome today.
10 July 2008
Also featuring: Catharine Edwards, Maria Wyke