Mary Beard explores this intriguing and tricky historical subject, drawing on a wide range of Roman writing, tracking down the giggles, smirks and guffaws of the Romans themselves. She also reflects on even bigger historical questions; what kind of histor...
Mary Beard's famous blog 'A Don's Life' has been running on the TLS website for nearly five years. Through it she made her name as a wickedly subversive commentator on the world in which we live. Her central themes are the classics, universities...
A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph--but also its darker side. Beard opens a window onto the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what cons...
This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions.