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></i>Works by Mary Beard</h2><span id="tdh_u_c4a3" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('beardmary-1', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('beardmary-1', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_c4a7a1dd" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/16170285" data-workid="16170285" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome" class="" >SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> <span class="copies note">5,005 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 92 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20699530" data-workid="20699530" data-title="Women-Power-A-Manifesto" class="" >Women & Power: A Manifesto</a> <span class="date">(2017)</span> <span class="copies note">1,429 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 52 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6623361" data-workid="6623361" data-title="The-Fires-of-Vesuvius-Pompeii-Lost-and-Found" class="" >The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> <span class="copies note">1,307 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 41 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17832" data-workid="17832" data-title="Classics-A-Very-Short-Introduction" class="" >Classics: A Very Short Introduction</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> <span class="copies note">752 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 11 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13550256" data-workid="13550256" data-title="Confronting-the-Classics-Traditions-Adventures-and-Innovations" class="" >Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> <span class="copies note">705 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 20 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29762343" data-workid="29762343" data-title="Emperor-of-Rome-Ruling-the-Ancient-Roman-World" class="" >Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World</a> <span class="date">(2023)</span> <span class="copies note">554 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 11 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/26445737" data-workid="26445737" data-title="Twelve-Caesars-Images-of-Power-from-the-Ancient-World-to-the-Modern" class="" >Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern</a> <span class="date">(2021)</span> <span class="copies note">354 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/154965" data-workid="154965" data-title="The-Parthenon" class="" >The Parthenon</a> <span class="date">(2002)</span> <span class="copies note">326 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4121486" data-workid="4121486" data-title="The-Roman-Triumph" class="" >The Roman Triumph</a> <span class="date">(2007)</span> <span class="copies note">277 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21521341" data-workid="21521341" data-title="How-Do-We-Look-The-Body-the-Divine-and-the-Question-of-Civilization" class="" >How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization</a> <span class="date">(2018)</span> <span class="copies note">260 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 7 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/381635" data-workid="381635" data-title="Religions-of-Rome-Volume-1-A-History" class="" >Religions of Rome, Volume 1: A History</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> <span class="copies note">249 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/152522" data-workid="152522" data-title="Classical-Art-From-Greece-to-Rome" class="" >Classical Art: From Greece to Rome</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> <span class="copies note">227 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1050922" data-workid="1050922" data-title="The-Colosseum" class="" >The Colosseum</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> <span class="copies note">221 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 5 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14973900" data-workid="14973900" data-title="Laughter-in-Ancient-Rome-On-Joking-Tickling-and-Cracking-Up" class="" >Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up</a> <span class="date">(2014)</span> <span class="copies note">202 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/229257" data-workid="229257" data-title="Religions-of-Rome-Volume-2-A-Sourcebook" class="" >Religions of Rome, Volume 2: A Sourcebook</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> <span class="copies note">198 copies</span></div><div id="u_eccf686c" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 45" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20778825" data-workid="20778825" data-title="Civilisations-How-Do-We-Look%25252FThe-Eye-of-Faith-As-seen-on-TV-%5BMar-01-2018%5D-Beard-Mary" class="" >Civilisations: How Do We Look/The Eye of Faith: As seen on TV [Mar 01, 2018] Beard, Mary</a> <span class="date">(2018)</span> <span class="copies note">159 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/154867" data-workid="154867" data-title="Rome-in-the-Late-Republic" class="" >Rome in the Late Republic</a> <span class="date">(1985)</span> <span class="copies note">147 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9104808" data-workid="9104808" data-title="It-039-s-a-Don-039-s-Life" class="" >It's a Don's Life</a> <span class="date">(2009)</span> <span class="copies note">138 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 5 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9315531" data-workid="9315531" data-title="Religions-of-Rome" class="" >Religions of Rome</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> <span class="copies note">59 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12404449" data-workid="12404449" data-title="All-in-a-Don-039-s-Day" class="" >All in a Don's Day</a> <span class="date">(2012)</span> <span class="copies note">58 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/455529" data-workid="455529" data-title="The-Invention-of-Jane-Harrison" class="" >The Invention of Jane Harrison</a> <span class="date">(2000)</span> <span class="copies note">41 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/493109" data-workid="493109" data-title="Pagan-Priests" class="" >Pagan Priests</a> <span class="date">(1990)</span> <span class="copies note">31 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13071780" data-workid="13071780" data-title="Meet-the-Romans-%5BDVD%5D" class="" >Meet the Romans [DVD]</a> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17999302" data-workid="17999302" data-title="Mary-Beards-Ultimate-Rome-Empire-without-Limit-As-Seen-on-BBC2-%5BDVD%5D" class="" >Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome - Empire without Limit - As Seen on BBC2 [DVD]</a> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18954214" data-workid="18954214" data-title="Mary-Beard-Pompeii-New-Secrets-Revealed-As-seen-on-BBC2%5BDVD%5D" class="" >Mary Beard - Pompeii New Secrets Revealed - As seen on BBC2[DVD]</a> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15190549" data-workid="15190549" data-title="Caligula-%5BVideo-Recording%5D" class="" >Caligula [Video Recording]</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12583859" data-workid="12583859" data-title="The-Great-Rescue-in-Timbuktu-in-NYRB-63%25252F12-14-July-2016-%5Breview-of-Hammers-The-Bad-Ass-Librarians-of-Timbuktu-and-their-race-to-save-the-worlds-most-precious-manuscripts%5D" class="" >'The Great Rescue in Timbuktu' in NYRB 63/12, 14 July 2016 [review of Hammer's 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: and…</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14598413" data-workid="14598413" data-title="Pompeii-Life-and-Death-in-a-Roman-Town-%5BDVD%5D-59-min" class="" >Pompeii - Life and Death in a Roman Town [DVD] (59 min.)</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/19828756" data-workid="19828756" data-title="Street-Life" class="" >Street Life</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28365706" data-workid="28365706" data-title="Civilt-agrave-L-039-arte-nel-tempo" class="" >Civiltà. L'arte nel tempo</a> <span class="date">(2021)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28389895" data-workid="28389895" data-title="%CE%95%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%B3%CE%AE-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%A1%CF%8E%CE%BC%CE%B7-%25252F-%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%92" class="" >螘喂蟽伪纬蠅纬萎蟽蟿畏谓伪蟻蠂伪喂慰纬谓蠅蟽委伪. 巍蠋渭畏 / 蟿蠈渭慰蟼螔'</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5037026" data-workid="5037026" data-title="South-Shields-Aramaic-linguistics-diversity-in-the-Roman-Empire-in-TLS-5228-13-June-2003" class="" >'South Shields Aramaic: linguistics diversity in the Roman Empire' in TLS 5228: 13 June 2003</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/31350969" data-workid="31350969" data-title="Nj%C3%AB-histori-e-Rom%C3%ABs-s%C3%AB-lasht%C3%AB" class="" >Nj毛 histori e Rom毛s s毛 lasht毛</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/31112118" data-workid="31112118" data-title="Do-the-Classics-have-a-Future" class="" >Do the Classics have a Future?</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5918192" data-workid="5918192" data-title="Lucky-City-in-LRB-23%25252F16-23-Aug-2001-%5Breview-of-Everitts-Cicero-a-turbulent-life%5D" class="" >'Lucky City' in LRB 23/16, 23 Aug 2001 [review of Everitt's 'Cicero: a turbulent life']</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29343600" data-workid="29343600" data-title="Mary-Beard-Collection-Rome-Meet-the-Romans-Ultimate-Rome-Empire-Without-Limit-As-Seen-on-BBC2-%5BDVD%5D" class="" >Mary Beard Collection - Rome - Meet the Romans & Ultimate Rome Empire Without Limit - As Seen on BBC2 [DVD]</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/26326695" data-workid="26326695" data-title="A-Dons-Life-Were-ancient-statues-painted" class="" >A Don's Life: Were ancient statues painted?</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12496904" data-workid="12496904" data-title="%22It-was-satire%22-in-LRB-34%25252F8-26-April-2012-%5Breview-of-Aloys-Winterlings-Caligula-a-biography%5D" class="" >"It was satire" in LRB 34/8, 26 April 2012 [review of Aloys Winterling's 'Caligula: a biography']</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23172448" data-workid="23172448" data-title="Signed-against-unsigned" class="" >Signed against unsigned</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23067232" data-workid="23067232" data-title="Roma-antica" class="" >Roma antica</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22043574" data-workid="22043574" data-title="Oh-do-shut-up-Dear%21-Mary-Beard-on-the-Public-Voice-of-Women-BBC-%7B2014%7D" class="" >Oh, do shut up Dear! Mary Beard on the Public Voice of Women BBC {2014}</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22029503" data-workid="22029503" data-title="Front-Row-Late-At-the-Hay-Festival-BBC-%7B2018%7D-Rose-McGowan-writer-Laurie-Penny-novelist-Kamila-Shamsie" class="" >Front Row Late; At the Hay Festival BBC {2018} Rose McGowan, writer Laurie Penny, novelist Kamila Shamsie</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21026873" data-workid="21026873" data-title="Commentary-On-the-map-an-unexpected-glimpse-of-what-great-ancient-art-might-have-been-TLS-March-10-2006" class="" >Commentary: On the map, an unexpected glimpse of what great ancient art might have been (TLS, March 10, 2006)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13943305" data-workid="13943305" data-title="Pinning-down-Spartacus-in-NYRB-60%25252F8-9-May-2013-%5Breview-of-Schiavones-Spartacus%5D" class="" >'Pinning down Spartacus' in NYRB 60/8, 9 May 2013 [review of Schiavone's 'Spartacus']</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28566341" data-workid="28566341" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome-The-Silk-Roads-A-New-History-of-the-World-2-Books-Collection-Set" class="" >SPQR A History of Ancient Rome, The Silk Roads A New History of the World 2 Books Collection Set</a> <span class="date">(2020)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/beardmary-1/workexplorer" ><span class="btntxt">Work Explorer <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_alsoby" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_e796" data-caret-id="tdc_u_e796" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_eef2" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("alsoby", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="alsoby" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_e796" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Associated Works</h2><span id="tdh_u_eef2" ><a name="alsoby"></a><div class="worklist"><div id="u_95cb96e5" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/348034" data-workid="348034" data-title="World-Mythology" class="" >World Mythology</a> <span class="date">(1993)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">591 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15310705" data-workid="15310705" data-title="The-Roman-Guide-to-Slave-Management-A-Treatise-by-Nobleman-Marcus-Sidonius-Falx" class="" >The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx</a> <span class="date">(2014)</span> — Foreword, some editions — <span class="copies note">180 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/396555" data-workid="396555" data-title="Looking-at-Greek-Vases" class="" >Looking at Greek Vases</a> <span class="date">(1991)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">72 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/381747" data-workid="381747" data-title="Women-in-Antiquity-New-Assessments" class="" >Women in Antiquity: New Assessments</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">39 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3808881" data-workid="3808881" data-title="Pausanias-Travel-and-Memory-in-Roman-Greece" class="" >Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman Greece</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">26 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6177367" data-workid="6177367" data-title="Einleitung-in-die-lateinische-Philologie" class="" >Einleitung in die lateinische Philologie</a> <span class="date">(1997)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">14 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8474461" data-workid="8474461" data-title="Flavian-Rome-Culture-Image-Text" class="" >Flavian Rome: Culture, Image, Text</a> <span class="date">(2002)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">13 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2964739" data-workid="2964739" data-title="Rome-the-Cosmopolis" class="" >Rome the Cosmopolis</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">13 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1495839" data-workid="1495839" data-title="Roman-Religion-Edinburgh-Readings-on-the-Ancient-World" class="" >Roman Religion (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World)</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13831620" data-workid="13831620" data-title="Rediscovering-the-Ancient-World-on-the-Bay-of-Naples-1710-1890-Studies-in-the-History-of-Art-Series" class="" >Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples, 1710-1890 (Studies in the History of Art Series)</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">8 copies</span></div><div id="u_d7923ebd" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 20" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14694155" data-workid="14694155" data-title="From-Plunder-to-Preservation-Britain-and-the-Heritage-of-Empire-c-1800-1940-Proceedings-of-the-British-Academy" class="" >From Plunder to Preservation: Britain and the Heritage of Empire, c.1800-1940 (Proceedings of the British Academy)</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4758508" data-workid="4758508" data-title="The-Greek-Myths-The-Odyssey" class="" >The Greek Myths: The Odyssey</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> — Foreword — <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4800636" data-workid="4800636" data-title="Classics-in-Progress-Essays-on-Ancient-Greece-and-Rome-British-Academy-Centenary-Monographs" class="" >Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome (British Academy Centenary Monographs)</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3204998" data-workid="3204998" data-title="Classics-in-19th-and-20th-century-Cambridge-curriculum-culture-and-community" class="" >Classics in 19th and 20th century Cambridge: curriculum, culture and community</a> <span class="date">(1999)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23844456" data-workid="23844456" data-title="A-Love-Letter-to-Europe-An-Outpouring-of-Sadness-and-Hope" class="" >A Love Letter to Europe: An Outpouring of Sadness and Hope</a> <span class="date">(2019)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14108326" data-workid="14108326" data-title="Greek-and-Roman-Festivals-Content-Meaning-and-Practice" class="" >Greek and Roman Festivals: Content, Meaning, and Practice</a> <span class="date">(2012)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5057300" data-workid="5057300" data-title="Parchments-of-Gender-Deciphering-the-Body-of-Antiquity" class="" >Parchments of Gender: Deciphering the Body of Antiquity</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8421759" data-workid="8421759" data-title="The-owl-of-Minerva-the-Cambridge-praelections-of-1906-reassessments-of-Richard-Jebb-James-Adam-Walter-Headlam-Henry-Jackson-William-Ridgeway-and-Arthur-Verrall" class="" >The owl of Minerva : the Cambridge praelections of 1906 : reassessments of Richard Jebb, James Adam, Walter Headlam,…</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14534667" data-workid="14534667" data-title="Noctes-Campanae-studi-di-storia-antica-ed-archeologia-dellItalia-preromana-e-romana-in-memoria-di-Martin-W-Frederiksen" class="" >Noctes Campanae: studi di storia antica ed archeologia dell'Italia preromana e romana in memoria di Martin W.…</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11718505" data-workid="11718505" data-title="Rituals-in-ink-a-conference-on-religion-and-literary-production-in-ancient-Rome-held-at-Stanford-University-in-February-2002" class="" >Rituals in ink : a conference on religion and literary production in ancient Rome held at Stanford University in…</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_tags" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_f2bf" data-caret-id="tdc_u_f2bf" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_b96b" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("tags", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="tags" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_f2bf" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Tagged</h2><span id="tdh_u_b96b" ><a name="tags"></a><a name="rating"></a><div class="section_controls"><button id="relatedtagsarea_snb" value="Numbers" value="Numbers" 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class="w_a_section" id="section_common_knowledge" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_003e" data-caret-id="tdc_u_003e" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_55f3" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("common_knowledge", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="common_knowledge" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_003e" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Common Knowledge</h2><span id="tdh_u_55f3" ><a name="common_knowledge"></a><div id="fwikiContainerTablediv"><dl class="loving comfort joined"><dt>Canonical name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=22&exact=1&type=2&q=Beard, Mary" data-fieldtype="22" class="" >Beard, Mary</a></dd><dt>Legal name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=31&exact=1&type=2&q=Beard, Winifred Mary" data-fieldtype="31" class="" >Beard, Winifred Mary</a></dd><dt>Birthdate</dt><dd><a target="_top" 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href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=Cambridge University" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >Cambridge University</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=King's College, University of London" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >King's College, University of London</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=The Times Literary Supplement" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >The Times Literary Supplement</a></dd><dt>Awards and honors</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (2018)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Fellow, Society of Antiquaries" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (2005)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Fellow, British Academy" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Fellow, British Academy (2010)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Wolfson History Prize" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Wolfson History Prize (2009)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=American Philosophical Society" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >American Philosophical Society (2012)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Corresponding Member, Archaeological Institute of America" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Corresponding Member, Archaeological Institute of America (2009)</a> <span id="u_22cc01e3" class="note" >(<a href="#" onclick="$J('#u_22cc01e3, #u_c38f6b83').toggleClass('hid');return false;" class="" >show all 9</a>)</span><span id="u_c38f6b83" class="hid" ><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Bodley Medal" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Bodley Medal (2016)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2016)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Officer, Order of the British Empire" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Officer, Order of the British Empire (2013)</a></span></dd><dt>Agent</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=15&exact=1&type=2&q=Peter Carson" data-fieldtype="15" class="" >Peter Carson (editor)</a></dd></dl></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_members" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_6807" data-caret-id="tdc_u_6807" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_4be9" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("members", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="members" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_6807" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Members</h2><span id="tdh_u_4be9" ><a name="members"></a><div 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The situations are mostly familiar, although I worked at northern UK universities that nurtured fewer traditions and less social privilege. Overall, it鈥檚 a good glimpse of the concerns of higher education in the Classics in the Oxbridge style.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_ad4b9b59" title="2.5 Stars" aria-title="2.5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="5" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="0" class="ratehalf selected" >½</i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_275459034" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275459034"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_275459034" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_275459034" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_275459034" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_275459034"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/sfj2" target="_top">sfj2</a> | <a href="/work/9104808/reviews" data-workid="9104808" data-title="Its-a-Dons-Life" class="" >4 other reviews</a> | Nov 19, 2024 | <a href="/review/275459034"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275410005" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/17832" data-workid="17832" data-title="Classics-A-Very-Short-Introduction-Very-Short-Introductions" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0192853856.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0192853856.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0192853856.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/17832" data-workid="17832" data-title="Classics-A-Very-Short-Introduction-Very-Short-Introductions" class="" >Classics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short…</a> by <a href="/author/beardmary">Mary Beard</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_e07fd75a" >This is a very poor introduction to the subject. VSI are very hit or miss from one book to the next, and this one is more like a list of gripes married with some historical views on the classics have been interpreted. Now if you, like me, picked this up to learn more about the classics as such, you won't get that here. If you're looking for some information on the state of the field, how gender research influenced it, how it's been used to sell a political message of unity, this book will <u class="showmore_hide">give it to you.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_e07fd75a');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_b2c9b1ab" title="1 Stars" aria-title="1 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="2" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="1" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_275410005" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275410005"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_275410005" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_275410005" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_275410005" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_275410005"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/A.Godhelm" target="_top">A.Godhelm</a> | <a href="/work/17832/reviews" data-workid="17832" data-title="Classics-A-Very-Short-Introduction-Very-Short-Introductions" class="" >10 other reviews</a> | Nov 17, 2024 | <a href="/review/275410005"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_274709915" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/16170285" data-workid="16170285" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1631492225.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1631492225.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1631492225.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/16170285" data-workid="16170285" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome" class="" >SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome</a> by <a href="/author/beardmary">Mary Beard</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_023aaabe" >Incredibly informative, clear and fast paced account of the rise of Rome. Something that, let's be honest, we most certainly don't know jack about. Unless you did some college courses on this topic, highschool never makes the cut, at least not for me. It starts with its fundation, with the seven monarchs, to the Republic, the transition to power from Julius Caesar to Augustus, and then the famous fourteen emperors, and then it gives an epilogue of the fall of Rome, in eight pages, basically <u class="showmore_hide">sending you to read other books because that part has been written to death, fine by me. Even the parts that you think are gonna be boring, like the distribution of wealth among the citizenship, the administration of public buildings, how the provinces were governed, etc, are engaging as everything else, it's really something. I didn't know that the Chirstians appearing in the Empire wasn't that well known or documented, let alone the origins of the religion, which is a shame.<br><br><b>In Rome there was no doctrine as such, no holy book and hardly even what we would call a belief system. Romans <i>knew</i> the gods existed; they did not <i>believe</i> in them in the internalised sense familiar from most modern world religions. Nor was ancient Roman religion particularly concerned with personal salvation or morality. Instead it mainly focused on the performance of rituals that were intended to keep the relationship between Rome and the gods in good order, and to ensure Roman success and prosperity. The sacrifice of animals was a central element in most of these rituals, which otherwise were extraordinarily varied.</b></u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_023aaabe');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_29368a0d" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_274709915" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_274709915"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_274709915" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_274709915" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_274709915" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_274709915"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Takumo-N" target="_top">Takumo-N</a> | <a href="/work/16170285/reviews" data-workid="16170285" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome" class="" >91 other reviews</a> | Nov 5, 2024 | <a href="/review/274709915"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_274561713" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/16170285" data-workid="16170285" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1631492225.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1631492225.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1631492225.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/16170285" data-workid="16170285" data-title="SPQR-A-History-of-Ancient-Rome" class="" >SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome</a> by <a href="/author/beardmary">Mary Beard</a></div></div><div class="" >Great book - This is as close as it gets to living with and understanding the Romans. 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