Product Information. — Emily Wilson A masterful new chronicle…. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Her magisterial new history of Rome, SPQR…is no exception…. While Beard does all of that in “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome”, she also takes a more personal look at the peoples of an empire. 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 "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" Many stereotypes and myths promoted by modern as well as ancient historians are challenged. Her magisterial new history of Rome, SPQR…is no exception…. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. It is very difficult to separate myth from fact in a history as overladen with myth as that of Ancient Rome. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - … Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. 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). Her magisterial new history of Rome, SPQR…is no exception…. A professor of classics at Cambridge University, Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling SPQR and Women & Power and the National Book Critics Circle Award–nominated Confronting the Classics.A popular blogger and television personality, Beard is a regular … Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mary Beard has managed that separation very well. 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). Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome.

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