As she peels back the layers of Roman propaganda and mythmaking, Mary takes us closer to the real Roman emperors, warts and all We tend to fantasize about the absolute power of the Roman emperor. We ...

Ancient Rome is important, Mary Beard tells us at the start of “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome” (Liveright, $35), her smart and exuberant survey of the first millennium of Roman history. “Rome still ...

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'What Was a Roman Emperor’s Daily Life Like?' Classicist and author Mary Beard sits down with Tristan Hughes in this filmed podcast for the The Ancients podcast to discuss the role of the Roman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Classicist and author Mary Beard has said a lot of men prefer to think about the Roman Empire because the time period is a “safe ...

The figure of the Roman emperor still conjures up an array of familiar images, monuments and (often sordid) tales. These bygone rulers feature in our films; their portraits line our museums; and ...

In SPQR, Beard draws again on tombstones, along with a host of other objects and ephemera, to reconstruct the lives of everyday Romans. Inscriptions on slingshot bullets attest to the laddishness of ...

We tend to fantasize about the absolute power of the Roman emperor. We imagine that he could do what he liked, didn't have to lift a finger, and we're drawn to the grandeur and the luxury. We might ...

Classicist and author Mary Beard has said a lot of men prefer to think about the Roman Empire because the time period is a “safe space for being macho”. The 68-year-old historian, who has presented ...