SPQR: A history of Ancient Rome | Beard M.

Издательство: Profile Books
Год издания: 2016
ISBN: 9781846683817

Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today.