Emperor Nero: ancient Rome’s most infamous ruler

You’re Dead To Me is the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Every episode, Greg Jenner brings together the best ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

Mary Beard’s ‘Emperor of Rome’

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 ...
Newsday

Reviews: Mary Beard’s ‘SPQR’ and Tom Holland’s ‘Dynasty’ revisit Roman history

Ancient Rome is important, Mary Beard tells us at the start of “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome” (Liveright, $35), her smart and exuberant survey of the first millennium of Roman history. “Rome still ...
The Economist

A new book by Mary Beard looks at the glitz and gore of Rome

The lives of the rulers of ancient Rome are still vivid in modern heads. According to a conversation that has gone viral on TikTok, some men say they think about the Roman Empire “every day”. The ...