Matt Smith

When in Rome

7 episodes indexed · 3 hours

Presented by Matt Smith

Periods · The kings, The Republic, The late Republic, The Pax Romana, The third-century crisis, Christian Rome, The fall of the west

Themes · Engineering Archaeology

I feel like…

ThinkingAny

Cogitare, how it was thought and ordered

DoingAny

Facere, what hands made and did

PeriodAny

when it happens

The Late Republic 133 – 44 BC · 1

26mThe Theatre of Marcellus When in RomePodcast

Severans and the Third-Century Crisis AD 193 – 284 · 1

31mLepcis Magna When in RomePodcast

With Niccolò Mugnai

Thirty-one minutes on the birthplace of Septimius Severus on the Libyan coast, which he rebuilt as emperor into something meant to rival Rome. A harbour city preserved by sand.

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Dominate and Christian Rome AD 284 – 395 · 1

25mThe Baths of Diocletian When in RomePodcast

With Caillan Davenport

Twenty-five minutes on the largest baths Rome ever built, put up in the early fourth century and now holding a church, a museum and a railway station.

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Roman Life, Army and Culture across the centuries · 4

30mCaerleon When in RomePodcast

With Peter Guest

Thirty minutes recorded on the site itself: Caerleon in south Wales, headquarters of the Second Legion and the furthest west this show has been. The amphitheatre and the barracks are still there.

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30mThe Paphos Theatre When in RomePodcast
28mSalamis When in RomePodcast
23mExcavating Lepcis Magna When in RomePodcast