Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Serafina Cuomo

Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck, University of London

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6 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

ScienceCulturePhilosophyGolden Age Latin writers1st-century RomansFounders of religions1st-century BC RomansAncient Greek philosophers of mindSilver Age Latin writersPhilosophers of Roman ItalyAncient Roman geographersAncient occultists6th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek metaphysicians5th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek physicistsRoman Republican soldiers1st-century BC writers in Latin1st-century deathsArchitectural theoreticiansAncient Roman military writers, Roman people of the Gallic WarsAncient Roman encyclopedistsAncient Roman antiquarians1st-century geographersPlinii, Ancient Roman scientists, People from ComoAncient Greek political refugeesAncient SamiansAncient Greek music theoristsAncient Greek geometers6th-century BC religious leaders, 5th-century BC religious leadersAncient librariesFluid dynamicists

  1. Euclid's Elements

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the content, history and impact of Euclid's Elements, the mathematical text book from the ancient world, originating in Alexandria in about 300BC.

    28 April 2016

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    Also featuring: Marcus du Sautoy, June Barrow-Green

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    Science

  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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    Also featuring: 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

  3. Pliny's Natural History

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny the Elder's Natural History, a comprehensive and influential encyclopedia of the natural sciences written in the first century AD.

    8 July 2010

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    Also featuring: Aude Doody, Liba Taub

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    Science1st-century RomansSilver Age Latin writersPhilosophers of Roman ItalyAncient Roman geographersAncient Roman encyclopedistsAncient Roman antiquarians1st-century geographersPlinii, Ancient Roman scientists, People from Como

  4. Pythagoras

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans.

    10 December 2009

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    Also featuring: Ian Stewart, John O'Connor

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    PhilosophyFounders of religionsAncient Greek philosophers of mindAncient occultists6th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek metaphysicians5th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek political refugeesAncient SamiansAncient Greek music theoristsAncient Greek geometers6th-century BC religious leaders, 5th-century BC religious leaders

  5. The Library of Alexandria

    Melvyn Bragg and guests Simon Goldhill, Serafina Cuomo and Matthew Nichols discuss the Library of Alexandria, one of the greatest libraries in history.

    12 March 2009

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    Also featuring: Simon Goldhill, Matthew Nicholls

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    ScienceAncient libraries

  6. Archimedes

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek mathematician Archimedes, brilliant with numbers and unexpectedly good at defensive siege warfare.

    25 January 2007

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    Also featuring: Jackie Stedall, George Phillips

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    ScienceAncient Greek physicistsFluid dynamicistsAncient Greek geometers