“Emperor in Rome” by Mary Beard: an X-ray of an era
The imagination of generations on various historical subjects, in this case the Roman Empire, has been built on interpretations that come not only from literature or school history, but also from Hollywood cinematic visions, many of them based on books read and reread (for my generation, Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, Spartacus, Julius Caesar, among others). This … Read more