> And Mary Beard's Meet the Romans (an exceptionally good documentary from BBC. Mary is one of my favourites). i finished watching this an hour ago, what a coi

> And Mary Beard's Meet the Romans (an exceptionally good documentary from BBC. Mary is one of my favourites). i finished watching this an hour ago, what a coincidence. i strongly recommend it as well, she discusses the role of slavery in roman society at length -- though it's spread throughout the whole series