SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Professor Mary Beard One of the world’s foremost classicists, Mary Beard has written a number of fantastic books on Roman history. SPQR (which references the ...

Secrets of ancient Roman elites revealed in 1,500-year-old cookbook - It contains early versions of coq au vin, foie gras and pumpkin pie ...

The Ancient Roman historian Suetonius said Augustus boasted ... and is one of hundreds of illustrations in the book, ranging from Old Master paintings to engravings, including Piranesi prints ...

Readers for whom the life of ancient Rome has been mummified by academic ... Says he: “There is no main incident in the book which does not derive from some suggestion or hint in some classical ...

a defining part and parcel of the ethnic packaging of people groups in the ancient empire.” What mattered to the emperor and Roman authorities was simply staying on the good side of their own ...

This book allows modern readers to connect with ancient Rome on a tangible, human level. Much of the modern perception of ancient culinary practices has been formed by its depictions in other ...