In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "...
Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war" that served as the seat of power for an empire that spanned from...
Mary Beard's new book Emperor of Rome is available now
Ancient Rome matters.
Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord ...
O magistrala, panoramica radiografie a Imperiului Roman, semnata de unul dintre clasici¿tii de frunte ai zilelor noastre, care ne dezvaluie de ce Roma continua sa ramâna relevanta pentru noi chiar ¿i dupa atâtea secole de istorie. . Bestseller New York Times ¿i Sunday Times . Finalista la N...
Um dos livros mais importantes que existe sobre Roma Antiga!
Cobrindo mil anos da história romana, SPQR revela em detalhes como Roma cresceu de uma vila insignificante na Itália Central para se tornar a primeira potência global. A inglesa Mary Beard, professora de Cambridge e autora de vários be...
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