Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts (2026)
Alice embarks on her most ambitious journey to date, in search of the Roman Empire, travelling 1300 miles through Italy, France and Spain to discover the origins and secrets of Rome’s success.
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Episodes
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1. Pompeii: A City Alive2026-02-07 · 47mThe anthropologist embarks on a journey by train visiting key sites of the Roman empire. Alice begins her Roman tour at Pompeii, where she explores ingenious Roman engineering, rac
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2. I'm Spartacus2026-02-14 · 47mAlice heads seven miles south of Naples to Herculaneum, a town that, like Pompeii, was buried in volcanic ash in 79 CE. She also pays a visit to Capua's giant amphitheatre, second
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3. What Have the Etruscans Ever Done for Us?2026-02-21 · 47mAlice explores Rome, from the ingenuity of ancient Roman aqueducts to the story behind Trajan's Column, and finds the original road that drove the expansion of the empire. She visi
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4. The Streets of Turin2026-02-28 · 47mIn the city of Parma, Alice surveys an underground hotel, a buried Roman bridge and a museum of offerings to the gods. A train takes Alice north to Turin, to find out how the city'
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5. The Rome of France2026-03-14 · 47mAlice arrives in Nimes after crossing the Alps by train. The image of a crocodile is everywhere, commemorating Emperor Augustus's victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Batt
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6. New Carthage2026-03-21 · 47mAlice heads to Tarragona, once the capital of Iberian Rome, which boasts the largest Roman forum in the world and a vast amphitheatre unearthed below a church. In Cartagena, on Spa
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