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10/05/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Europeans - The Roots of Identity, Rome

Margaret MacMillan visits Rome to explore the idea of 'universal' Europe.

Margaret MacMillan visits Rome to explore the idea of 'universal' Europe and the constant tension between unity and diversity.

What has really shaped Europeans' identity? In the first of a new series, historian Margaret MacMillan visits Rome to explore the idea of 'universal' Europe , and the constant tension between unity and diversity. From imperial ambition to local life, roads to religion, maps to food she discovers a continent and a way of life in constant creation.

Producer: Chris Bowlby
Editor: Bridget Harney.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Historian Margaret MacMillan explores what has really shaped Europeans' identity.

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