THE LATEST PROGRAMME

Begins Sunday 19 January 2003, 1.30 - 2,00 pm for four Sundays.

Using contemporary accounts from all levels of society, from the chattering classes to humble foot-soldiers, from senators to slaves, The Roman Way explores different aspects of everyday life, two millennia ago.







David Aaronovitch, of The Independent, travels from a bleak and windy milecastle in Northumberland, at the farthest point of the Roman empire to the sticky heat of the Imperial Forum in Rome, at the centre of the empire.





TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answer the questions correctly on any of our quizzes and you could win a prize.

The Caesars

Roman Britain

Life in the Empire



ANCIENT ROMAN CUISINE

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written by a notorious Roman gourmet of the 1st century A.D.

FACTS AND LATIN PHRASES, USEFUL OR NOT.

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of the Empire, some Latin phrases that you might have used in ancient Rome

and some useful facts