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Language: English | Category: History & Biography | Audio Book: Not Available
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 with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world’s foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. 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. SPQR is the Romans’ own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, ‘the Senate and People of Rome’.
Mary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has world-wide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It’s a Don’s Life and All in a Don’s Day. She is in the 2014 top 10 Prospect list of the most influential thinkers in the world.
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Beard, Mary - El arte clásico de Grecia y Roma -
Language: Spanish, History & Biography - Format: ePub
Mary Beard y John Henderson nos descubren en este libro el mundo antiguo de Grecia y Roma como nunca lo habíamos imaginado, con sus esculturas pintadas de brillantes colores y sus edificios totalmente decorados con frescos y (More) |
Beard, Mary - La herencia viva de los clásicos -
Language: Spanish, Essay & Philosophy - Format: ePub
La herencia viva de los clásicos, de Mary Beard, autora de otras obras con la historia antigua universal de fondo como Pompeya o El triunfo romano, es según su autora un viaje guiado por el mundo clásico, desde el palacio (More) |
Beard, Mary - SPQR. A History of Ancient Rome -
Language: English, History & Biography - Format: ePub
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 with us. (More) |
Beard, Mary - Pompeya. Historia y leyenda de una ciudad romana -
Language: Spanish, History & Biography - Format: ePub
Mary Beard, autora de El triunfo romano y una de las mayores autoridades en el estudio de la antigua Roma, nos cuenta una nueva y distinta historia de Pompeya, la ciudad destruida en el año 79 de nuestra era por una erupción del (More) |
Beard, Mary - SPQR. Una historia de la antigua Roma -
Language: Spanish, History & Biography - Format: ePub
La antigua Roma importa. La historia de su imperio, sus conquistas, crueldades y excesos es algo contra lo que todavía nos comparamos hoy. Sus mitos e historias -de Rómulo y Remo a la violación de Lucrecia- todavía resuenan como (More) |