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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

by Mary Beard

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 vivi

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Publication date

Sep 06, 2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

608

ISBN

9781631492228