The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome

The Ordinary Roman Speaks: Graffiti (1x10)

Data emisji: Wrz 06, 2019

The traditional understanding of Rome was based on accounts by upper-class males, who wrote the primary sources historians relied on for generations. More recent historians have looked at new sources to gain a fuller sense of the city's history. You will examine graffiti preserved at Pompeii in order to hear directly from everyday Romans.