A Day in the Life: Ancient Rome
Step into a world long gone and live a single day inside it. "A Day in the Life" is an immersive history series that drops you into a place and time and lets a local show you around — the sights, sounds, smells, work, and rituals of an ordinary day. In this first journey, your guide is Marcus Valerius, a citizen of Rome at the height of the Empire, who walks you from dawn to dusk through the greatest city in the ancient world: the bread and the baths, the Forum and the games, the gods, the crowds, and the everyday life of Romans both grand and humble.
Apple PodcastsEpisodes (8)
Inside Rome’s Marble Latrine
Inside a Roman Bookshop on the Argiletum
Baths of Trajan: Sweating, Stealing, and Cursing
Roman Barbers, Razor Cuts, and Spider-Web Bandages
Roman Morning Routines: Toga, Patron, and Handful of Coppers
Rome’s Street Kitchens: Popinae, Stew, and Dice
Rome’s Water: 63 Steps Up, Slops Down
