"Senatus Populusque Romanus." Cambridge historian Mary Beard gives a lecture at the 92nd Street Y based on her latest book, SPQR: A History of Rome (Liveright, 2015). Beard is a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in the nonfiction category.
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