SPQR - Mary Beard

Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Shortlisted for a British Book Industry Book of the Year Award 2016 The new series Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit is on BBC2 now Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire conquest cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements and why they are still important to us. Covering 1000 years of history and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water as well as exploring democracy migration religious controversy social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus 'the Senate and People of Rome'.

TITLE: SPQR

AUTHOR: Mary Beard

SKU: 9781846683817

PUBLISHER: Profile Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 01/04/2016

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 608

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 130 mm x 200 mm x 37 mm

WEIGHT: 508 gr