She is a fellow of the British Academy and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the Classics editor of the TLS. Beard asks how accurate those images are, what did the emperor's character explain, and how much difference did the personality of the individual ruler make in the Roman world. Mary Beard is one of the most original and best-known classicists working today. previous 1 2 3 next sort by previous 1 2 3 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. History has bequeathed us vivid characterizations of various Roman emperors. Books by Mary Beard (Author of SPQR) Books by Mary Beard Mary Beard Average rating 4.01 103,014 ratings 8,964 reviews shelved 384,113 times Showing 30 distinct works. It is uncertain to what extent the stories of Gaius' evils are true, given that the legitimacy of his successor in part depended on the narrative that his predecessor had been "rightly eliminated" (396). SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus that’s to say, ‘the. Though the senate met and discussed a possible return to Republican government, the Praetorian Guard installed Gaius' successor Claudius as emperor. Nor, in a sense, does Mary Beard in her ambidextrous history of Ancient Rome, whose title proclaims her bifurcated programme. There may have been a personal grudge behind the murder, but there are also many stories of Gaius' villainies. Gaius had acceded Augustus' successor Tiberius and was killed by three soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, who were charged with his protection. In January 41 CE, another emperor was assassinated: Gaius.
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