Roman Villas's guest appearances

Roman Villas

History Extra podcast

Antiquity in Gotham

Ithaca Bound

Henry III

Benjamin Franklin

Henry James

Jared Diamond

Scott Smith

Henry V

Chris Carey

Andrew Walker

Alexander Hamilton

David Olusoga

Robert Harris

William Blake

Jane Seymour

Michael Wood

Marcus Aurelius

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Clive Aslet, author of The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People, reveals how Britain’s attitude to its stately piles has reflected the nation’s evolving political and economic landscape over the past 2,000 years. (Ad) Clive Aslet is the author of The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People (Yale, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-story-of-the-country-house-a-history-of-places-and-people%2Fclive-aslet%2F%2F9780300255058 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clive Aslet, author of The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People, reveals how Britain’s attitude to its stately piles has reflected the nation’s evolving political and economic landscape over the past 2,000 years. (Ad) Clive Aslet is the author of The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People (Yale, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: <a href="https://go.skimresources.com/?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-story-of-the-country-house-a-history-of-places-and-people%2Fclive-aslet%2F%2F9780300255058" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-story-of-the-country-house-a-history-of-places-and-people%2Fclive-aslet%2F%2F9780300255058</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

From Roman villas to Downton Abbey: Britain’s country houses

The Bay of Naples featured a mosaic of luxury estates by the first century. Classical archaeologist, Dr. Mantha Zarmakoupi, University of Pennsylvania, joins the show to share what villa-style living was like for Romans in this part of the Italian peninsula.

The Bay of Naples featured a mosaic of luxury estates by the first century. Classical archaeologist, Dr. Mantha Zarmakoupi, University of Pennsylvania, joins the show to share what villa-style living was like for Romans in this part of the Italian peninsula.

Ancient Roman Villas in the Bay of Naples w. Dr. Mantha Zarmakoupi

Along side architecture, art and inscriptions, the aristocratic villas of Rome and their gardens were also reinterpreted during the Gilded Age with the Pompeia in Saratoga, New York, and then later at the Getty Villa in Malibu California. Please joins us for an interview with Dr. Katharine von Stackelberg, Brock University, about Designing Roman Villas and Gardens for the Gilded Age.

Antiquity in Gotham - Ep. 7: Designing Roman Villas and Gardens for the Gilded Age