Students studying Classics and Ancient History attended a lecture by Dr Michael Scott, an associate professor of classics and ancient history at Edgbaston School for Girls.
He is best known to the public as the presenter of ancient history programmes like the BBC 4’s Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth and Rome’s Invisible City.
His lecture dealt with the realities of real life in 5th century Greece BC, a world away from the clean, muscled statues and Hollywood films like ‘300’. Students were also given the opportunity to ask him questions afterwards.