SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome is a topic of general interest, experiences of acquaintance with its images and history accompany us in the sciences, literature, and art. But how close to reality are our ideas about that era? The book of Mary Beard, one of the world's leading experts in ancient history, will inevitably change many of them. The Senate and the people, Cicero and Catiline, Hannibal, Caesar, Cleopatra, ...