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Along the way, she brings familiar figures — Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus and Nero — into vivid focus, while also recovering the lives of those often left at the margins of traditional history: women, slaves, freedmen and the conquered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than simply retelling the familiar legends of Roman greatness, Beard examines how the Romans understood their own society, power and place in the world. With characteristic wit and intellectual curiosity, she explores citizenship, empire, political violence, social inequality and the contradictions at the heart of Roman civilisation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSPQR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an expansive work of historical scholarship that makes the ancient world newly legible, revealing why Rome continues to shape our ideas about politics, identity and belonging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There is no single story of Rome, especially when the Roman world had expanded far outside Italy.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Mary Beard, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSPQR: A History of Ancient Rome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSPQR: A History of Ancient Rome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A tremendously enjoyable and scholarly read.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Natalie Haynes, The Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64193308131658,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"women-power-a-manifesto","title":"Women \u0026 Power: A Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 2017, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen \u0026amp; Power: A Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together two lectures by classicist Mary Beard to examine the long history of women’s exclusion from positions of authority. Moving between ancient Greece and Rome and the political landscape of the present, Beard explores how women have been silenced, dismissed and denied a public voice. From Penelope in Homer’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to contemporary women in politics, she reveals how deeply rooted assumptions about gender continue to shape who is permitted to speak and be heard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith characteristic wit, erudition and clarity, Beard challenges the familiar narratives surrounding power, authority and misogyny, asking not simply how women might gain access to existing structures, but whether those structures themselves need to change. Drawing on classical literature, history and contemporary culture, she exposes the persistence of ideas that have shaped Western attitudes towards women for centuries. Both a work of classical scholarship and a concise feminist intervention, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen \u0026amp; Power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an illuminating contribution to the ongoing debate about gender, public life and the meaning of authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Mary Beard, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen \u0026amp; Power: A Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen \u0026amp; Power: A Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A modern feminist classic.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Rachel Cooke, The Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64193324286282,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"emperor-of-rome","title":"Emperor of Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 2023, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmperor of Rome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e turns Mary Beard’s attention to the men who ruled the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar to Alexander Severus. Rather than offering another procession of notorious rulers, Beard asks what it actually meant to be emperor: how power was exercised, how authority was staged, and how a ruler’s daily life was sustained by the vast household of enslaved people, freedmen, soldiers and officials around him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoving between political history, archaeology and the vivid details of everyday life, Beard explores imperial succession, palace intrigues, public spectacle, dining, travel and the stories Romans told about their rulers. Her account unsettles familiar portraits of tyrants and philosopher-kings, revealing an institution shaped as much by performance, rumour and uncertainty as by force. 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