Documentaries and Lectures




No links to YouTube (YT) on documentaries because of copyright, but lots of these can be found there or on iPlayer or on Amazon Prime. Please follow parental guidance (i.e. if you aren't sure whether you should be watching something, check with your parents). 


1. Documentaries 



Ancient Greece

  • Alastair Sooke, 'Treasures of Ancient Greece' 
  • Michael Scott, 'Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth' (Some, YT)
  • Michael Scott, 'Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World' (YT)

Ancient Rome 

  • Alastair Sooke, 'Treasures of Ancient Rome' 
  • Mary Beard, 'Meet the Romans' (16+)(YT) 
  • Mary Beard, 'Pompeii: Life and Death' (16+) (YT)
  • Mary Beard, 'Ultimate Rome: Empire without Limit' (16+) (YT) 

2. Lectures 

A level Classical Civilisation 

Warwick teacher's day - series of lectures relating to the A level course, suitable for students too. 

Ancient Rome 

Greece vs Rome

Mary Beard, Gifford Lectures - six lectures on our engagement with the Classical past. They are a valuable discussion of why we do Classics and how it relates in complicated ways to our modern lives.


British School at Rome - lectures and short talks on a huge range of topics. Some are quite technical so have a search around.  Channel here. I really like Nigel Spivey on statues of Caesar  and Mark Bradley on the sense of smell in ancient Rome 


The Roman Society - lectures. Again, some are perhaps too technical for sixth form but the Roman society has a broader appeal. Just have a look round! I particularly enjoyed this lecture on the exquisite sculptures from the Villa dei Papiri near Pompeii. 



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