SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

608 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war" that served as the seat ...

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informative: 98%

reflective: 37%

challenging: 24%

adventurous: 10%

funny: 7%

inspiring: 6%

relaxing: 3%

dark: 2%

lighthearted: 2%


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