Maria Wyke
Professor of Latin at University College London
8 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Catharine Edwards
Covers topics in categories such as:
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
Also featuring: Gail Trimble, Dunstan Lowe
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
Also featuring: Gail Trimble, Simon Smith
Nero
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reputation of Nero, popular with his subjects but vilified in his lifetime and after and associated with the Beast in the Book of Revelation.
25 April 2019
Also featuring: Matthew Nicholls, Shushma Malik
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
Also featuring: Christopher Pelling, Catherine Steel
HistoryGolden Age Latin writersJulii CaesaresAncient Roman triumphators1st-century BC writersRoman Republican praetors1st-century BC historiansCharacters in Book VI of the AeneidCleopatraGenocide perpetratorsMemoirists1st-century BC Roman consuls, 1st-century BC Roman augursAncient Roman military writers, Roman people of the Gallic WarsSpartacus
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
Also featuring: Mary Beard, Theresa Urbainczyk
Cleopatra
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the Egyptian pharaoh whose charisma, intelligence and beauty made her one of the most celebrated rulers of the ancient world.
2 December 2010
Also featuring: Catharine Edwards, Susan Walker
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, Ellen O'Gorman
Greek and Roman Love Poetry
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry, from the Greek poet Sappho and her erotic descriptions of romance to the love-hate poems of the Roman writer Catullus.
26 April 2007
Also featuring: Nick Lowe, Edith Hall