Mary Beard

Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. Her most recent book is The Roman Triumph. (July 2008)

From the Review

July 17, 2008: Isn't It Funny?

Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes by Jim Holt

Looking at Laughter: Humor, Power, and Transgression in Roman Visual Culture, 100 BC–AD 250 by John R. Clarke

November 8, 2007: Looking for the Emperor

Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt

March 15, 2007: Et Tu, Cicero?

Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris