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When Mary Beard’s broadcasting career took off in her mid-50s, she became one of Great Britain’s best-known and most beloved academics thanks to her candor, knowledge about the ancient world and ...

In her newest book, “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World,” Mary Beard renders a group portrait of the men who led the ancient empire, from their personal quirks to how they governed. Beard, who ...

In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting approach to Roman history, to give her definitive take on ...

The destruction of Pompeii is one of the best-remembered incidents from ancient history, not just for the drama of the event, but also because an entire city "frozen in time" offers a unique glimpse ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was trying ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Mary Beard is an Author with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2016 Forum. Panelists talked about world history. Panelists included Mary Beard, ...

A classicist who specializes in ancient Rome, Mary Beard offered up insights on presenting history fare at the TV Real Festival. On crafting Meet the Roman Emperor, Beard noted, “I didn’t want to do ...

A gold pendant known as the Tudor Heart is the subject of a high-profile fundraising campaign launched by the British Museum, which involved actor Damian Lewis (famed for his roles in Billions, ...