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by Mary Beard

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Mary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Hannibal, but also the common people--the millions of inhabitants of the Roman Empire, the slaves, soldiers, and women. How did they live? Where did they go if their marriage was in trouble or if they were broke? Or, perhaps just as important, how did they clean their teeth? Effortlessly combining the epic with the quotidian, Beard forces us along the way to reexamine so many of the assumptions we held as gospel--not the least of them the perception that the Emperor Caligula was bonkers or Nero a monster. With capacious wit and verve, Beard demonstrates that, far from being carved in marble, the classical world is still very much alive.

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  • Title Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
  • Author Mary Beard
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York
  • Publication date 2013-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780871407160 / 0871407167
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Classical antiquities, Civilization, Classical
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013016133
  • Dewey Decimal Code 930

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2013, Page 22
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2013, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 07/01/2013, Page 89
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/17/2013, Page 0
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