SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Name: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
ISBN: 9780871404237

by Mary Beard

National Book · 2015 · Shortlist

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Liveright PublishingNovember 17, 2015History NonfictionISBN 9780871404237

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction	2015	Shortlist

About This Book

Mary Beard's accessible yet scholarly history of ancient Rome challenges popular myths and interrogates the evidence — coins, graffiti, legal records — to show how Romans thought about power, citizenship, and empire. Rather than a narrative of great men, Beard reconstructs the texture of Roman life across social classes. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Mary BeardEnglish

Dame Mary Beard (born 1 January 1955) is an English classicist specializing in ancient Rome, formerly Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and a trustee of the British Museum. She is renowned for notable works including SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town (Wolfson History Prize winner), and Emperor of Rome, and has received major honors such as DBE (2018), OBE (2013), Bodley Medal (2016), and Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2016)