In a field not known for wide public renown, Mary Beard has made a name for herself through appearances on television or in documentaries where she serves as an expert on this ancient society. Her career as a Classicist has had a specific focus on ancient Rome, and today she is, among other things, a professor of classics at Cambridge University in England. Starting in her late teens, she spent time on some archaeological digs, which cemented her love for the ancient. As Mary Beard describes it herself in the book’s epilogue, this book was 50 years in the making.
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