Mary Beard and the Roman Empire
For decades, Mary Beard has forged her own path through the male dominated field of academia, from the ruins of Rome to the trenches of Twitter, to become "the world's most famous classicist". From the wise Augustus to the hypocritical Tiberius and the barking mad Caligula, Mary Beard uses these Roman rulers as a lens to examine life in their empire, and asks what lessons they can teach us about the world today. This event was recorded at Adelaide Writers' Week and originally broadcast on Big Ideas on 9 April 2024. Speakers Mary Beard Author Emperor of Rome, (also Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power, Twelve Caesars) Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge University Jonty Claypole Writer, documentary producer and arts administrator CEO, Red Room Poetry Former Director of Arts, BBC
Big Ideas · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Show Notes
For decades, Mary Beard has forged her own path through the male dominated field of academia, from the ruins of Rome to the trenches of Twitter, to become "the world's most famous classicist". From the wise Augustus to the hypocritical Tiberius and the barking mad Caligula, Mary Beard uses these Roman rulers as a lens to examine life in their empire, and asks what lessons they can teach us about the world today.
This event was recorded at Adelaide Writers' Week and originally broadcast on Big Ideas on 9 April 2024.
Speakers
Mary BeardAuthor Emperor of Rome, (also Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power, Twelve Caesars)Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge University
Jonty ClaypoleWriter, documentary producer and arts administratorCEO, Red Room PoetryFormer Director of Arts, BBC