# SPQR

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- Book: [SPQR](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-beard/spqr) ([SPQR.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-beard/spqr.md))
- Authors: [Mary Beard](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-beard), [Phyllida Nash](https://www.bookquiver.com/phyllida-nash)
- Publisher: Profile Books
- ISBN: 978-18-4668-381-7
- Pages: 606
- Published: 2016-01-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...