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 ...

As part of the Latsis Universitaires 2025 awards ceremony on Thursday at Uni Dufour, Mary Beard will be giving a lecture on the image that Roman authors portrayed of their emperors. The professor of ...

"I think I'd go for a jug of wine with Caligula, just to see what he was really like..." Classicist and national treasure Mary Beard answers Dan's quickfire questions on ancient Rome and its emperors.