In Mary Beard’s book, she examines twenty-nine of ancient Rome’s emperors beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Alexander Severus, who ruled from 222 until 235 C.E.

How could a mediocre city in central Italy come to dominate such a huge area? What held the empire together and tore it apart? Mary Beard takes in the history and archaeology of the ancient world.

In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman, best-selling historian of the ancient world, Mary Beard, uncovers the stories of six fascinating people who lived at the height of Rome’s power ...

Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl. Mary Beard meets the young Roman soldier who spends more time shopping than fighting. Join Hadrian and his court poet for ...

From the heart of Rome to the edges of empire, Mary Beard meets twelve intriguing Romans Recent archaeology has revealed more of the astonishing scale of the palace at Tivoli ...

Religions of Rome by Mary Beard, John North and Simon Price (Cambridge University Press 1998)) - many general histories of Rome include some discussion of religion, but this is perhaps the most up ...

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Professor Mary Beard One of the world’s foremost classicists, Mary Beard has written a number of fantastic books on Roman history. SPQR (which references the ...

Beard is erudite and entertaining; she writes expansively on ancient Rome – everything from laughter to shoes to sex in the swimming pool. A good place to start reading Mary Beard is It’s a ...