Classicist and Author
Dame Mary Beard is an English classicist and professor at the University of Cambridge, widely described as Britain's best known classicist. She is the author of the bestselling SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome and a trustee of the British Museum.
by Mary Beard
Beard challenges the mythology of Roman greatness, spanning a thousand years to show Rome's real story is one of constant reinvention and fiercely contested identity.
The books Mary Beard references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Plato
Plato's foundational dialogue asks what justice truly means, arguing that a well-ordered society mirrors a well-ordered soul. Still the starting point for political philosophy.
Who Mary draws from, and who draws from Mary — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.