{"product_id":"spor-a-history-of-ancient-rome-mary-beard","title":"SPOR: A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeard’s monolithic history of Ancient Rome spans 1,000 years and practically every facet of Republic and Empire, breathing new life into well-worn myths and events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoman history is always being rewritten, and always has been; in some ways we know more about ancient Rome than the Romans themselves did. Roman history, in other words, is a work in progress. This book is my contribution to that bigger project; it offers my version of why it matters.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAncient Rome matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSPQR\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering 1,000 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguably Britain’s best-known classicist Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and classics editor of the TLS. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57511052280188,"sku":null,"price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/SPQR-MB-01.jpg?v=1790600995","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/spor-a-history-of-ancient-rome-mary-beard","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}