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The Roman Empire in 40 minutes, with Cambridge scholar Mary Beard

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Throw away your history books — here’s what life in ancient Rome was really like, according to Cambridge scholar Mary Beard.

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Did you know that despite their militaristic culture, soldiers weren’t allowed inside the city of Rome? Don’t worry — we didn’t either.

We all have our ideas of what life in ancient Rome was really like, including sex, violence, food, and culture. But popular portrayals of the empire belie just how normal—and often kind of gross—life really was.

Preeminent Cambridge scholar Mary Beard shares what we know about the viciously expansive empire and what there is to learn, if anything, from its triumphs and mistakes.

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About Mary Beard:
Winifred Mary Beard, OBE, FBA, FSA is an English Classical scholar. She is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts professor of ancient literature. She is also the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, and author of the blog, "A Don's Life," which appears in The Times as a regular column. Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist."

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