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Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses

History Documentary hosted by Catharine Edwards, published by BBC in 2013 - English narration





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Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome
Exploring the role played by extraordinary women in creating, ruling and transforming the Roman Empire, whose influence was felt everywhere from the power struggles of court to the distant provinces.


1) Part 1
Professor Catharine Edwards explores the story of the remarkable Livia, wife of the emperor Augustus, mother of the emperor Tiberius and a woman whose influence was felt across the Roman world for over 60 years. But as Catharine explains, imperial women who lacked perfect political judgement would end up not as leaders but as victims. Both Augustus's daughter Julia and his granddaughter Agrippina would die miserably in exile.

2)******* Part 2 *******
Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic lives of two women at the heart of power in 1st-century imperial Rome. One is Messalina, whose scandalous reputation lives on 2,000 years after her bloody and dramatic death. The other is Agrippina - sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius and mother of Nero - an extraordinary woman who was not only a skilled and ambitious politician but also a murderer and ultimately a murder victim.

3) Part 3
Catharine follows the stories of four very different women across centuries which saw the Roman Empire utterly transformed. Among them are the slave turned imperial consort Caenis, the empress Julia Domna - a Syrian who was commemorated in fascinating ways as far away as York - and Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine and a force in converting the empire to Christianity.

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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.0
* Video Bitrate: 1633 Kbps
* Video Aspect Ratio: 1.778 (16:9)
* Video Resolution: 832 x 468
* Audio Codec: AAC LC
* Audio Bitrate: 160 Kbps CBR 48KHz
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 59mins
* Framerate: 25fps
* Number of Parts: 3
* Part Size: average 688 MB
* Container: mp4
* Source: PDTV
* Encoded by: Harry65


* Release Notes
* Merged subtitles



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1) Further Information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b021n60p