"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph

"Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement

"An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker

"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another cracking book, one of her best."-The Independent

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An unmissable tour through art and time with the most renowned classicist of today, Mary Beard

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The Rise of American Civilization by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard. In two volumes. Volume One: The Agricultural Era…

A reexamination of the most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman Triumph-but also its darker side, as it prompted the Romans to question as…

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) is the most famous female Classicist in history, the author of books that revolutionized our understanding of Greek culture and religion. This lively and innovative portrayal…

A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists.

Revised and updated to include the story of the New Acropolis Museum, the controversies that have surrounded it. As so often with the Parthenon, there are all kinds of surprises.

It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous…