So historian Mary Beard, 69, had to learn to snorkel to examine ... He is believed to have been murdered by his own wife, Agrippina the Younger. He died aged 63 in AD 54. On Rome's Palatine ...

In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman, best-selling historian of the ancient world, Mary Beard, uncovers the stories ... flirtatious and curiously anxious young man. Here are six surprising ...

As Mary Beard campaigns for an 'old movement' to recognise ... one outspoken woman has said it's time to embrace reality and stop trying to look younger than we really are. UK historian and ...