BBC - Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2023)
BBC - Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2023)
HDTV | 1920x1080 | .MKV/HEVC @ 2933 Kbps | 59 min 16 s | 1.28 GiB
Audio: English AAC 123 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
The Roman Emperor was the ultimate symbol of power and authority in the ancient world - a measure against which dictators are still compared today. But with absolute power comes absolute paranoia…
In this new one-hour documentary, renowned classicist Mary Beard lifts the curtain on the emperors of Rome, exploring their ruthless use of power and how it was matched only by their greatest fear - that the power could be snatched away at any moment by the people closest to them.
As she peels back the layers of Roman propaganda and mythmaking, Mary takes us closer to the real Roman emperors, warts and all. She introduces us to famous figures including Augustus, Nero, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius, and to lesser-known characters like the fearful Domitian – who lined his walls with mirrored surfaces so he could see his enemies coming. Mary considers how subjects would greet and gratify the emperor, and she peeks into the more intimate side of their lives, considering their sexual habits and their health.
Just as today we wonder what’s really going on behind the closed doors at Number 10, The White House or the Kremlin - ordinary Romans also wondered what their emperors got up to behind palace walls. Mary takes us inside, travelling from Hadrian’s megalomaniac villa at Tivoli, to the submerged ruins of Claudius’ pleasure palace in the Bay of Naples. With the help of fellow classicist Silvia Orlandi, Mary discovers smutty and satirical graffiti scratched into plaster by slaves, she explores body language with Italian etiquette expert Elisa Motterle and she debates Marcus Aurelius’ stoic journals with philosopher Angie Hobbs.
Ultimately, Mary concludes that despite their unimaginable wealth, their guards and their food tasters, the emperors were vulnerable, even within the vast palaces they called home.
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BBC - Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2023)
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