Book review: Mary Beard’s SPQR is an impressive scholarly monument but one that’s a little hard to get into
Films like Life Of Brian are one of the main sources for popular beliefs about the Romans, with all that implies for accuracy.
Book review: Mary Beard’s SPQR is an impressive scholarly monument but one that’s a little hard to get into
The British academic’s wide-ranging and groundbreaking history of the grandeur that was Rome leaves Ben Richardson feeling a little underwhelmed
Updated: Friday, 18 Dec, 2015 12:23pm
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Films like Life Of Brian are one of the main sources for popular beliefs about the Romans, with all that implies for accuracy.
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