A Day in the Life: Ancient Rome

About 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.

Publisher

A Day in the Life: Ancient Rome

Category

education · history

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

25 Jun 2026

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Surviving the Streets of Ancient Rome

   Step into the chaotic, narrow streets of imperial Rome on foot, where daytime bans on wheeled traffic force everyone to navigate crushing crowds, swinging cargo, and falling chamber pots. Discover how everyday Romans dodged crushing marble carts and arrogant litters before the deafening roar of nighttime freight traffic took over the city.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Short Measures and Broken Pots in the Roman Market

   Step into the bustling stalls of an ancient Roman macellum, where the line between an honest merchant and a scoundrel comes down to a carved wooden scoop. Discover how ordinary citizens fought back against cheated portions at the public measuring table under the watchful eye of the aedile.

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   5 Oct 2026

   Rent Day in Trajan's Rome

   Step inside a crowded Roman insula in the age of Trajan, where rent day exposes the fragile line between comfort and eviction. Along the way, the episode explores everyday life, neighborly obligation, and how ancient satire mocked those who fell behind.

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