Treasures of Ancient Rome is a 2012 three-part documentary written and presented by Alastair Sooke. The series was produced by the BBC, and originally aired in September 2012 on BBC Four. In the documentary Sooke sets out to "debunk the myth that Romans didn't do art and were unoriginal". This is based on the view that Romans heavily incorporated Greek style in their art, and hence produced nothing new or original. Sooke has received some criticism from the media owing to the fact that there is no consensus among academics on this topic, and hence no 'myth' exists in the first place.
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Air Date: 2012-09-03
The Romans were brilliant engineers and soldiers, but what isn't as well known is that they also gave us wonderful ar...
Air Date: 2012-09-10
Alastair Sooke follows in the footsteps of Rome's mad, bad and dangerous emperors in the second part of his celebrati...
Air Date: 2012-09-17
In the third and final part of the series, Alastair Sooke charts the decline and fall of the Roman Empire through som...