- Historia, History, Rome, history, Histoire
"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.
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Epic, classical in form, cool and earnest.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Mary Beard, Silvia Furió
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 644
- Publisher
- Crítica, Liveright, Profile Books Ltd
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English, German, Russian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9785961445169
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“Roma Antiga é importante. Ignorar os romanos é não apenas fechar os olhos para o passado distante. Roma ainda nos ajuda a definir o modo como entendemos nosso mundo e pensamos a respeito de nós mesmos, e isso abrange da alta cultura à comédia barata. Após 2 mil anos, ela continua na base do pensamento e da política ocidental, daquilo que escrevemos e do modo como vemos o mundo e nosso lugar nele.”
Winifred Mary Beard was born on 1 January 1955 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, the only child of architect Roy Whitlock Beard and junior school headmistress Joyce Emily Beard
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