Mary Beard on Caesar, Augustus & Zuckerberg
<p>This week David asks Mary Beard what the Roman Empire can tell us about the nature of unaccountable power, then and now.&nbsp;How did Roman emperors rule when they had so little knowledge of the lives of their subjects?&nbsp;Can absolute personal power ever escape the limits of biology, from sex to death?&nbsp;And who are the modern-day equivalent of the Caesars: democratic populists or tech titans?</p><br><p>Mary Beard’s new book is <a href="https://bit.ly/3FbAh1K" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emperor of Rome</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Read or listen to Mary Beard’s LRB lecture on <a href="https://bit.ly/3RW7kOL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Women in Power</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Past Present Future · David Runciman
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Show Notes
This week David asks Mary Beard what the Roman Empire can tell us about the nature of unaccountable power, then and now. How did Roman emperors rule when they had so little knowledge of the lives of their subjects? Can absolute personal power ever escape the limits of biology, from sex to death? And who are the modern-day equivalent of the Caesars: democratic populists or tech titans?
Mary Beard’s new book is Emperor of Rome
Read or listen to Mary Beard’s LRB lecture on Women in Power
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