Greg Woolf
Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
8 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Plague of Justinian
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the outbreak of plague in 541AD in Byzantium that was said, at the time, to have blighted the lives of all mankind.
21 January 2021
Also featuring: John Haldon, Rebecca Flemming
Constantine the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Constantine the Great, the Roman emperor who made Constantinople his capital rather than Rome and who legalised Christianity across the Empire.
5 October 2017
Also featuring: Christopher Kelly, Lucy Grig
The Cult of Mithras
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cult of Mithras, a mystery religion that flourished in the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD.
27 December 2012
Also featuring: Almut Hintze, John North
Hadrian's Wall
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall, the best known and perhaps most impressive relic of the Roman occupation of Britain.
12 July 2012
Also featuring: David Breeze, Lindsay Allason-Jones
The City - a history, part 1
Melvyn Bragg and guests Peter Hall, Julia Merritt and Greg Woolf trace the rise of the city, from its origins in the Bronze Age to just before the coming of the railways.
25 March 2010
Also featuring: Peter Hall, Julia Merritt
The Roman Republic
Melvyn Bragg discusses the rise and eventual downfall of the Roman Republic which survived for 500 years.
30 December 2004
Also featuring: Catherine Steel, Tom Holland
Roman Britain
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Romans in Britain, a history of 400 years of occupation. Do those four centuries still colour our national life and character today?
1 May 2003
Also featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards
Rome and European Civilization
Melvyn Bragg discusses the role Rome has played in European civilization, from republicanism and imperialism to being the Catholic Heart of the Christian Church.
20 December 2001
Also featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards