SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard

SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome, Mary BeardNew Paperback Ancient Rome matters. 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. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists.

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stories and experiences of life on the Hunter squadrons as told by the pilots and airmen who flew and maintained the Hunter during its twelve-year tenure in Arabia

This new form of warfare shook the Air Ministry

Cyclist Beryl Burton dominated her sport much as her male contemporary Eddy Merckx

Britain was also no longer alone

Wild swims

they transformed the way we think about ourselves and the world around us

interactive paper-engineered elements

Founder of the Superflat movement

its Vauban style bastions were saved by a daring strike on the besieging Russians given by young King Charles XII who came to relieve the town

always concentrating on the human aspects of war

The author examines evidence for the reality of such actions