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episodes on what we together have decided are the four most iconic themes in ancient history.
And today, we're looking at Gladiators.
Here's a short extract of that episode.
Hello, everybody, and welcome to the last of our sensational,
classically themed bonuses for you, our beloved members.
The Great Mary Beard is still here.
Obviously, Her main focus at the moment is instant classics,
her sensational podcast with Charlotte Higgins.
But back in the mists of time, she co-authored a book on the Colosseum,
probably the most iconic building in the whole of Rome, kind of great emblem of the Roman Empire.
And so for our final episode, what else could we do but gladiators?
We've done an episode on...
Colosseum and the rest of history have done one on Gladiators.
But what we haven't done is an episode on the most famous of all Gladiators, namely Spartacus.
So I thought that that's what we would structure today's episode around.
But Mary, before we come to Spartacus, can I just ask you,