Thomas W. Hodgkinson

Mary Beard minds her S, P, Q and R

Her ground-breaking SPQR properly captures the Populus as well as the Senatus of Rome

  • SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    Mary Beard

    Profile Books, pp. 606

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