DARIUS ARYA

Join Darius on Darius Arya Digs (YouTube) where he explores Rome and Empire from the Pantheon Pentecost rose petals and unique underground locations to Tuscany’s Medici villas of Tuscany to Rome’s best pasta.  It’s always an engaging adventure of history and living culture!  Subscribe today!

Debuting July  22, 2026 — Darius joins Tom Hiddleston on a mission with a brutally simple question at its core: could anyone have survived Pompeii’s last day? Drawing on hard archaeological evidence and a healthy dose of educated instinct, they track real people minute by minute through the eruption — reconstructing not just what happened, but whether anyone had a chance.

Life in Ancient Times is an 8-part series hosted, created, and produced by archaeologist Darius Arya — an immersive journey into the texture of daily life across the Roman Empire. Each episode pulls back the curtain on a different piece of the ancient world: Ancient Fast Food, Ancient Gods, Roman Celebrities, Roman Baths, Roman Jobs, Empire of Immigrants, How Rome Fed a Million People, and Gladiator Battles — uncovering the rituals, ambitions, and rivalries that defined everyday Romans, and the legacies that still shape how we live today.

Traveling the Roman Empire is an 8-part Great Courses series, hosted, written, directed, and created by archaeologist Darius Arya — filmed entirely on location across the former Roman world- through six countries: Spain, Morocco, Jordan, Croatia, Serbia, and Italy — from the Roman Forum to Mérida’s provincial ruins, Petra’s desert city, Diocletian’s Palace, and Volubilis, plus sites well off the beaten path.