Podcast appearances and mentions of Mary Beard

No grand battle. No final blaze of glory. In 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire collapsed not with a roar, but with a quiet abdication. A boy emperor - Romulus Augustulus - handed over the regalia of power in Ravenna, signalling the end of an empire that had once ruled the known world. But how did it come to this?In this episode, the finale of our Fall of Rome miniseries, Tristan Hughes is joined by historian and bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy to chart the chaotic final decades of the Western Roman Empire. From puppet emperors and ruthless kingmakers like Ricimer to the meteoric rise of Odoacer, discover how political infighting, military mutiny, and foreign ambition brought the Roman West to its knees - and ushered in the age of kings.MORE: Roman Emperors with Mary Beard: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C7wRHjSPeif9pLD2UZJyY?si=5226c8e7f9584336Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan, the producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic SoundsThe Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here: https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on

On this episode of Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast, the boys treat the ancient aqueducts like a flume ride and splash right into Rome! Kiernan and Ryan talk Emperors, SPQR, why columns make the best decor, plus just a touch of new Pope speculation. Our episode on Vatican City: https://outofofficepod.com/podcast/episode-197-vatican-city/ Things We Talked About on Today's Episode: “The Fall of Rome” podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fall-of-rome-podcast/id1141563910 “SPQR” by Mary Beard https://a.co/d/71DS93Z  “Roman Holiday” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rL5QxXF0g8  Colosseum https://colosseo.it/en/area/the-colosseum/  Forum https://colosseo.it/en/area/the-roman-forum/  Palatine Hill https://colosseo.it/en/area/the-palatine/  Pantheon https://www.pantheonroma.com/home-eng/ Borghese Gallery https://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/en/  Bath of Diocletian https://museonazionaleromano.beniculturali.it/en/baths-of-diocletian/  Trevi Fountain https://www.blacktomato.com/us/inspirations/the-history-of-romes-trevi-fountain/  Spanish Steps https://romesite.com/spanish-steps.html  Catacombs of Saint Sebastian https://www.catacombe.org/  Lego Trevi Fountain https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/trevi-fountain-21062 

Mary Beard is an expert on the Roman Empire, and her latest book is about the rulers who presided over it — 30 emperors in nearly three centuries.

El de la antigua Roma fue un mundo de ciudades, en algunos casos extraordinariamente densas y pobladas. Sus habitantes se concentraban en poco espacio y eso requirió ingeniosas soluciones de vivienda. Las había de todos los tipos, desde las lujosas residencias patricias hasta las modestas casas de los campesinos, cada tipo de casa estaba pensado para cumplir un propósito específico, adaptándose a las circunstancias de sus ocupantes y al entorno geográfico. Esta variedad no solo evidencia la complejidad de la sociedad romana, sino que también ofrece una ventana única para entender su vida cotidiana, sus valores y su organización urbana y rural. La “domus” era la residencia de las familias patricias en las ciudades durante el periodo republicano y el alto imperio. Este modelo es el más conocido y estudiado de la arquitectura doméstica romana ya que son las que encontramos en lugares como Pompeya. Se trataba de una casa unifamiliar de planta más o menos rectangular, diseñada para combinar funcionalidad, privacidad y ostentación. Su estructura giraba a grandes rasgos en torno a un eje central que arrancaba en el “vestibulum”, la entrada principal, que conducía al “atrium”, el espacio central abierto al cielo con un “impluvium” para recoger agua de lluvia. Allí se recibían visitas y se realizaban actividades públicas. Desde el “atrium” un pasillo llevaba al “tablinum”, el despacho del pater familias, utilizado para negocios y reuniones, y al “peristylum”, un jardín interior rodeado de columnas, destinado a la vida familiar. Otras estancias, como los “cubicula” (dormitorios), el “triclinium” (comedor) y la “culina” (cocina), completaban las áreas funcionales. Estas casas se decoraban con mosaicos, frescos y estatuas para exhibir la riqueza y el estatus social de sus propietarios. Pero en Roma, como en nuestro mundo, los ricos eran una minoría. En las grandes ciudades la mayor parte de la población, compuesta por plebeyos, artesanos y comerciantes, vivía en “insulae”, edificios de apartamentos de varios pisos que respondían a la escasez de espacio. Estas construcciones solían tener tiendas, conocidas como “tabernae”, abiertas a la calle, mientras que los pisos superiores albergaban apartamentos, llamados “cenacula”. La calidad de vida en las “insulae” variaba según la altura: los apartamentos más altos eran más pequeños, básicos y baratos, con menor acceso a comodidades como agua corriente o letrinas. Las “insulae” eran, en esencia, el equivalente romano a los bloques de apartamentos modernos y albergaban a buena parte de la población urbana. Fuera de las ciudades, los romanos adinerados poseían “villae”, grandes residencias rurales que servían tanto para vivir como para producir. Existían dos tipos principales: la villa urbana, mansiones de lujo destinadas al descanso y al ocio, situadas en áreas suburbanas o costeras, decoradas con jardines, piscinas y frescos, como las de la bahía de Nápoles, y la villa rústica, granjas productivas que incluían áreas residenciales para el propietario y dependencias para esclavos, almacenes y establos. Algo similar a las haciendas de nuestro tiempo. Estas villas eran un símbolo de riqueza, pero también cumplían un papel esencial en la economía agraria romana. El campesino libre vivía en casas más simples que serían equiparables a nuestras granjas. Estas eran construcciones modestas, generalmente de adobe o piedra, con pocas habitaciones y sin las sofisticaciones de la “domus” o la villa. Su diseño priorizaba la funcionalidad, con espacios para el almacenamiento de la cosecha y el cuidado de animales. Para tratar este tema nos acompaña hoy Javier Gómez Marín, arqueólogo de la universidad de Murcia que está de paso por Cambridge, ciudad en la que hacemos este programa. Javier es experto en casas romanas, de hecho es toda una autoridad en la materia. Con él nos adentraremos en este interesante aspecto de una sociedad que era mucho más parecida a la nuestra de lo que a menudo se piensa. Bibliografía: - "Sesenta millones de romanos" de Jerry Toner - https://amzn.to/3FFVHr1 - "Historia de Roma contada para escépticos" de Juan Eslava Galán - https://amzn.to/3Fv6ftd - "El Imperio Romano" de Isaac Asimov - https://amzn.to/426sheo - "SPQR: Una historia de la antigua Roma" de Mary Beard - https://amzn.to/3FFW70z #FernandoDiazVillanueva #fdv Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

«Water remembers. It is humans who forget.»En vanndråpe finner veien fra oldtidens Mesopotamia til en gategutt i London på 1840-tallet, så videre til en yazidisk familie i dagens Irak. Tre personers liv og skjebner bindes sammen gjennom to elver – Themsen og Tigris – og vannet som renner gjennom dem.I romanen Det er elver på himmelen (til norsk ved Bente Klinge) vever Elif Shafak sammen svunne riker, kolonitidens plyndringer, moderne konflikter og læren om vannets kretsløp, i en handling som strekker seg fra oldtiden og frem til dagens konflikter i Midtøsten. Med spenning, humor og et dyptloddende språk, er Det er elver på himmelen en bok som begeistrer og fascinerer, og har blitt hyllet av forfattere som blant annet Ian McEwan, Arundhati Roy og Mary Beard.Tyrkisk-britiske Elif Shafak er en av verdens fremste forfattere av historiske romaner. Gjennom sine fjorten romaner på tyrkisk og engelsk, har hun utforsket kulturelle spenninger og sosioøkonomiske ulikheter mellom øst og vest. Hun har i tillegg vært en aktiv stemme i kampen for ytringsfrihet og kvinners rettigheter, en samfunnsaktivisme som preger både skjønnlitteraturen og sakprosaen hennes. Hun bor i selvvalgt eksil i London, etter stadige rettslige trusler i Tyrkia mot virket hennes som forfatter.På Litteraturhuset møtte Shafak journalist og forfatter Marte Spurkland til en samtale om tid, aktivisme og vannets hukommelse.Samtalen er på engelsk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

«Water remembers. It is humans who forget.»A droplet of water finds its way from ancient Mesopotamia to a street urchin in 1840's London and on to a Yazidi family in present day Iraq. Three people's lives and destinies are connected by two rivers – the Thames and the Tigris – and the water which flows through them.In the novel There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak weaves together lost empires, colonial plunder, modern conflicts, and the study of water in a plot stretching from ancient time to the present. With thrill, humour and evocative language, There Are Rivers in the Sky is both enthralling and fascinating, and has been lauded by authors such as Ian McEwan, Arundhati Roy and Mary Beard.Turkish-British Elif Shafak is one of the world's foremost writers of historical fiction. Through her fourteen novels, she has explored cultural tensions and socioeconomic inequalities between East and West in historical and contemporary settings. She has also been an active champion of the freedom of speech and of human rights, particularly women's rights, an activism evident in both her fiction and non-fiction. She lives in London in self-imposed exile, after past and continuing threats in Turkey against her work as an author.At the House of Literature, Shafak meets author and journalist Marte Spurkland for a conversation on time, cultural conflicts, and the memory of water. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Mary Beard is a renown classist and the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius, SPQR, and most lately, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.   The post The Nature of Imperial Power with Mary Beard appeared first on KPFA.

The simple act of dinner took on a new dimension for the Emperors. In an place where every meal could be a performance, an Emperor used the chance to reward and impress, intimidate and strike fear, and sometimes all at once. Having dinner with the Emperor was always a great honour, but sometimes you were risking your life. Episode CCXXXVIII (238) Guest: Professor Mary Beard (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

Nos invade el mundo de la música clásica, bien invadidos. Hablaremos con la soprano a la que se rifan en las óperas del mundo, Saioa Hernández. Viene, como cada miércoles, Martín Llade. Nos asomamos a la Ópera de Tenerife y el Teatro Guimerá. Hablaremos de la catedrática de estudios clásicos Mary Beard, premio Princesa de Asturias hace una década, porque continúa su relación con Asturias. Y echamos un ojo al festival de cine de Bilbao que se inaugura esta tarde.Escuchar audio

En el cuarto y último episodio, Mary Beard aborda el más grande de todos los misterios de la antigua Roma: ¿por qué y cómo cayó el Imperio Romano?. Examinando los enormes muros y fortificaciones de Gran Bretaña y Alemania, descubre que el imperio estuvo durante años sometido a una enorme presión luchando por controlar las fronteras. Mary busca redefinir nuestra comprensión de las llamadas 'invasiones bárbaras' pero también muestra que el imperio romano se enfrentaba a retos aún mayores en su interior. Emperadores que trastornan la cultura y costumbres de los romanos, mientras la religión tradicional se abandona para asimilar la de los Judíos y cristianos. En última instancia, Mary pregunta si el Imperio Romano se transformó en lugar de destruirse y aún pervive en el mundo que todavía vemos a nuestro alrededor, en nuestras instituciones, infraestructura, en las aspiraciones, la metodología y el simbolismo de muchos imperios desde entonces.

En el tercer episodio, Mary Beard analiza en profundidad la cuestión de la identidad y la ciudadanía dentro del Imperio Romano. ¿Qué significaba ser o llegar a ser romana y cómo reaccionan en las diferentes partes del imperio a la dominación romana? En las antiguas ciudades romanas, bien conservadas, de Argelia, los que llegaban de otros puntos del imperio y los locales se mezclaron para crear comunidades florecientes con una clara identidad de ser “más romanos que Roma”. Mary sigue el rastro de un romano de África desde su tierra natal hasta Britania, donde fue gobernador para probar que la conquistas, además de brutalidad, ofrecía oportunidades. Pero en Britania emerge también la resistencia, la cultura y la identidad híbrida británica. En York y Newcastle, Mary encuentra los restos romanos, pero no son los restos que todos esperaríamos encontrar, ya que pertenecen una señora romana rica de África, oficiales del ejército provenientes de Europa central y un campamento con soldados de Siria.

Salvo la vecina ciudad de Herculano, no existe en todo el mundo un lugar que se parezca a Pompeya, una próspera ciudad del siglo I d.C que fue enterrada por las cenizas del Vesubio en una espantosa erupción que arrasó por completo la comarca en la que se encontraba. Gracias a eso permaneció casi intacta hasta que sus ruinas fueron redescubiertas 1.500 años después. Pompeya se encuentra cerca de de Nápoles en la región de Campania, y cuando el Vesubio entró en erupción en el año 79 era una ciudad romana que tenía ya varios siglos de historia a sus espaldas. Había sido fundada por colonos llegados de Grecia en el siglo VII a.C. y estaba ubicada en una fértil llanura costera entre las faldas del volcán y la costa, un emplazamiento inmejorable que la hizo florecer convirtiéndola en un importante centro comercial y cultural. La vida en Pompeya era típica de cualquier ciudad romana de la época. Poseía un gran anfiteatro, dos teatros, bellos edificios públicos, calles pavimentadas, tabernas, gimnasios y amplias mansiones de romanos adinerados. Pero todo eso acabó de forma repentina el 24 de agosto del año 79. Algunos autores creen que fue dos meses más tarde, pero eso no cambia lo principal. El Monte Vesubio, que llevaba inactivo inactivo unos cuatro siglos, registró una violenta erupción. La tragedia comenzó en torno a la una de la tarde y sabemos de ella gracias a la crónica que escribió Plinio el Joven, que se encontraba en la cercana ciudad de Miseno, base de la armada imperial romana. La erupción, que duró dos días, tuvo varias fases. Las primeras, caracterizadas por una persistente lluvia de piedra pómez, hicieron huir a buena parte de sus habitantes. Otros se quedaron y fueron víctimas de un flujo piroclástico extremadamente destructivo que sepultó bajo varios metros de ceniza toda la ciudad. Muchas de las víctimas, sorprendidas por la rapidez con la que todo ocurrió, quedaron inmortalizadas en sus últimos momentos de vida. Esa capa de ceniza preservó la ciudad regalando a los historiadores una instantánea inigualable de la vida en la antigua Roma. Tras su desaparición, Pompeya fue olvidada, hasta que mucho tiempo después, ya a finales del siglo XVI, fue redescubierta. La primera mención de la existencia de una ciudad antigua bajo tierra ocurrió en 1592, cuando Domenico Fontana encontró ruinas antiguas mientras excavaba un canal para desviar el vecino río Sarno. Un siglo más tarde, en 1693, Giuseppe Macrini escribió sobre sus excavaciones, y confirmó que aquellas ruinas eran de hecho Pompeya. Pero no sería excavada y recuperada de forma sistemática hasta 1748, cuando Carlos VII de Nápoles (que luego sería Carlos III de España) ordenó que se realizasen excavaciones en la zona tras haber dado sus ingenieros con las ruinas de la vecina Herculano. Desde entonces no se ha dejado de excavar en Pompeya. A lo largo de los últimos dos siglos y medio la ciudad se ha convertido en una caja de sorpresas que ha ido sorprendiendo tanto a los académicos como a los aficionados. Los hallazgos arqueológicos han obligado incluso a replantearse algunos consensos sobre la vida, el arte y la ingeniería de de Roma. El Vesubio, entretanto, ha tenido decenas de erupciones, la última en 1944 en plena segunda guerra mundial. Hoy Pompeya es, aparte de un sitio arqueológico de primer orden, un museo al aire libre que visitan millones de personas todos los años. No es para menos, se trata de una cápsula del tiempo, una ventana al pasado que nos permite conocer de cerca los secretos de la antigua Roma. Precisamente por eso y por sus grandes dimensiones es tan complicado de conservar, un desafío con el que batallan ahora los Gobiernos italianos. En El ContraSello: 0:00 Introducción 4:11 Historia de Pompeya 1:19:55 La expresión "no me queda un quinto" 1:25:00 Juan Pujol Bibliografía: - "Pompeya" de Mary Beard - https://amzn.to/3Q7NNIZ - "Pompeya. Una ciudad romana en 100 objetos" de Rubén Montoya - https://amzn.to/42G1G8X - "Un día en Pompeya" de Fernando Lillo - https://amzn.to/4gusnki - "La magia de las ruinas. Lo que Pompeya dice de nosotros" de Gabriel Zuchtriegel - https://amzn.to/4139JLA - "Pompeya, el tiempo recobrado" de Massimo Osanna - https://amzn.to/4jFWqZ7 · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #pompeya #imperioromano Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

En el segundo episodio, Mary Beard explora el mundo físico del Imperio Romano, y encuentra paralelismos sorprendentes con nuestro propio mundo. Siguiendo los pasos del emperador Adriano, descubre un vasto imperio unido por una cultura común y una economía globalizada de tal escala que sus efectos todavía se pueden ver hoy en día a miles de kilómetros de Roma. Mary nos muestra los hilos de una enorme red comercial y cultural en el vital suministro de aceite de oliva a Roma y sus ejércitos, el tráfico de esclavos y de las importantes minas de España. Desde la famosa red de carreteras romana a las rutas de navegación que conectan los puertos prósperos del imperio, Mary revela otra cara del Imperio Romano, una cara donde los constructores y los comerciantes eclipsan a los soldados y son los eslavos y no los Senadores los que le sacan el máximo partido a un nuevo imperio conectado.

Salvo la vecina ciudad de Herculano, no existe en todo el mundo un lugar que se parezca a Pompeya, una próspera ciudad del siglo I d.C que fue enterrada por las cenizas del Vesubio en una espantosa erupción que arrasó por completo la comarca en la que se encontraba. Gracias a eso permaneció casi intacta hasta que sus ruinas fueron redescubiertas 1.500 años después. Pompeya se encuentra cerca de de Nápoles en la región de Campania, y cuando el Vesubio entró en erupción en el año 79 era una ciudad romana que tenía ya varios siglos de historia a sus espaldas. Había sido fundada por colonos llegados de Grecia en el siglo VII a.C. y estaba ubicada en una fértil llanura costera entre las faldas del volcán y la costa, un emplazamiento inmejorable que la hizo florecer convirtiéndola en un importante centro comercial y cultural. La vida en Pompeya era típica de cualquier ciudad romana de la época. Poseía un gran anfiteatro, dos teatros, bellos edificios públicos, calles pavimentadas, tabernas, gimnasios y amplias mansiones de romanos adinerados. Pero todo eso acabó de forma repentina el 24 de agosto del año 79. Algunos autores creen que fue dos meses más tarde, pero eso no cambia lo principal. El Monte Vesubio, que llevaba inactivo inactivo unos cuatro siglos, registró una violenta erupción. La tragedia comenzó en torno a la una de la tarde y sabemos de ella gracias a la crónica que escribió Plinio el Joven, que se encontraba en la cercana ciudad de Miseno, base de la armada imperial romana. La erupción, que duró dos días, tuvo varias fases. Las primeras, caracterizadas por una persistente lluvia de piedra pómez, hicieron huir a buena parte de sus habitantes. Otros se quedaron y fueron víctimas de un flujo piroclástico extremadamente destructivo que sepultó bajo varios metros de ceniza toda la ciudad. Muchas de las víctimas, sorprendidas por la rapidez con la que todo ocurrió, quedaron inmortalizadas en sus últimos momentos de vida. Esa capa de ceniza preservó la ciudad regalando a los historiadores una instantánea inigualable de la vida en la antigua Roma. Tras su desaparición, Pompeya fue olvidada, hasta que mucho tiempo después, ya a finales del siglo XVI, fue redescubierta. La primera mención de la existencia de una ciudad antigua bajo tierra ocurrió en 1592, cuando Domenico Fontana encontró ruinas antiguas mientras excavaba un canal para desviar el vecino río Sarno. Un siglo más tarde, en 1693, Giuseppe Macrini escribió sobre sus excavaciones, y confirmó que aquellas ruinas eran de hecho Pompeya. Pero no sería excavada y recuperada de forma sistemática hasta 1748, cuando Carlos VII de Nápoles (que luego sería Carlos III de España) ordenó que se realizasen excavaciones en la zona tras haber dado sus ingenieros con las ruinas de la vecina Herculano. Desde entonces no se ha dejado de excavar en Pompeya. A lo largo de los últimos dos siglos y medio la ciudad se ha convertido en una caja de sorpresas que ha ido sorprendiendo tanto a los académicos como a los aficionados. Los hallazgos arqueológicos han obligado incluso a replantearse algunos consensos sobre la vida, el arte y la ingeniería de de Roma. El Vesubio, entretanto, ha tenido decenas de erupciones, la última en 1944 en plena segunda guerra mundial. Hoy Pompeya es, aparte de un sitio arqueológico de primer orden, un museo al aire libre que visitan millones de personas todos los años. No es para menos, se trata de una cápsula del tiempo, una ventana al pasado que nos permite conocer de cerca los secretos de la antigua Roma. Precisamente por eso y por sus grandes dimensiones es tan complicado de conservar, un desafío con el que batallan ahora los Gobiernos italianos. En El ContraSello: 0:00 Introducción 4:11 Historia de Pompeya 1:19:55 La expresión "no me queda un quinto" 1:25:00 Juan Pujol Bibliografía: - "Pompeya" de Mary Beard - https://amzn.to/3Q7NNIZ - "Pompeya. Una ciudad romana en 100 objetos" de Rubén Montoya - https://amzn.to/42G1G8X - "Un día en Pompeya" de Fernando Lillo - https://amzn.to/4gusnki - "La magia de las ruinas. Lo que Pompeya dice de nosotros" de Gabriel Zuchtriegel - https://amzn.to/4139JLA - "Pompeya, el tiempo recobrado" de Massimo Osanna - https://amzn.to/4jFWqZ7 · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #pompeya #imperioromano

En este primer episodio, Mary Beard se remonta a los mitos y leyendas de los orígenes de Roma para hacerse una idea de la psique profundamente arraigada del pueblo de Roma, una ciudad nacida de la violación y el fratricidio. Desde el primer momento, Roma fue un lugar de asilo para marginados y exiliados y debido a esto, adoptó un exclusivo enfoque incluyente hacia sus enemigos y vecinos derrotados. La expansión de la ciudad le dio territorio primero en Italia y Sicilia, donde Roma se vio obligada a luchar finalmente y derrotar a su gran rival, Cartago. Mary viaja a Grecia, donde Roma adoptó una compleja mezcla de fuerza bruta y refinada cultura, y Francia, donde se encuentran evidencia de métodos de guerra similares a un genocidio. Mary expone que el periodo de mayor expansión romana se produjo cuando Roma en sí era poco más que un lugar atrasado, una ciudad pobre de barro y ladrillo. El mármol, la Roma monumental que conocemos, se debe a la conquista imperial y no al revés. Y del mismo modo, la creación de un gran imperio transformó la política de Roma para siempre, creando las condiciones para el poder unipersonal y poner fin a la centenaria República romana.

Book review. 5 of 5.Hi I'm Scott and I like rambling about different books that I enjoy reading.This week we explore ancient history with some myth busters in this book.Thanks for listening.Please share and subscribe. If you have a book suggestion for me or question please email me at Coffeeandbookstn@yahoo.com

We hear why the city of Potsdam — home to elegant Prussian palaces and parklands, all in quick reach of central Berlin — is worth a day's visit. Then we get a sense of what life was really like for the emperors of ancient Rome, with the help of classicist Mary Beard. And we travel back to 1978 with Rick and his longtime buddy Gene Openshaw as they retrace their post-college adventures along the infamous "Hippie Trail" from Istanbul to Afghanistan to India, all the way to Kathmandu. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revisiting some of the conversations we had around them. First up: the Starmer supremacy Let's start with undoubtedly the biggest news of the year: Starmer's supermajority and the first Labour government in 14 years. In April, we spoke to Katy Balls and Harriet Harman about just what a supermajority could mean for Keir Starmer. Listening back, it's an incredibly interesting discussion to revisit. The aim of Katy's piece was to communicate the internal problems that could arise from such a sweeping victory and, crucially, how Starmer might manage a historic cohort of backbenchers. One MP who knows about adjusting to life in government after a supermajority is Harriet Harman, former leader of the Labour party and a member of Tony Blair's first cabinet. (01:51) Reflections from the editor's chair The change in No. 10 Downing Street is, of course, not the only notable shake-up in Westminster this year. Fraser Nelson stepped down as editor of The Spectator in September after 15 years of wielding the editor's pen, with 784 issues to his name. We sat down with him on his final day in the office to reflect on his time at 22 Old Queen Street. (08:31) Do historians talk down to children? In June, Mary Wakefield dedicated her column to this very question. She wrote about her experience trying to find engaging and challenging history books for her 8-year-old and compared the dumbed-down, one-dimensional version of history portrayed in modern children's books with the classic Ladybird books of the 1960s. She joined the podcast to discuss this with Dominic Sandbrook, author of the Adventures in Time children's book series and host of The Rest is History podcast. (17:18) Are ultra-processed foods really so bad? On The Edition podcast, we enjoy a fiery debate, and none was more heated than our discussion on ultra-processed foods. This debate, between columnist Matthew Parris and Christoffer van Tulleken, associate professor at UCL and author of the bestselling book Ultra-Processed People, took place in May. It was sparked by Matthew's column on the myths surrounding ultra-processed foods—foods engineered to be hyper-palatable and typically containing preservatives, emulsifiers, sweeteners, artificial colours, flavours, and so on. Such additives are widely considered detrimental to our health. Matthew says we shouldn't be worried, but we'll let you decide. (29:10) By whose values should we judge the past? On the podcast, we showcase articles from across the magazine—from the front half to the life pages, to books and arts. One of the most intriguing books of the year was Joan Smith's Unfortunately, she was a nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's Imperial Women. An eye-catching title that is ‘as thought-provoking as it is provocative', as Daisy Dunn wrote in October. Many popular historians are singled out for their analysis of women in ancient Rome, including Professor Dame Mary Beard. In the interest of granting a right of reply, we invited Mary onto the podcast to discuss the merit of judging history by today's standards. (49:40) And finally: the politics of the breakfast buffet We thought we would leave you with one of the most prescient discussions we had on the podcast this year: the politics of the hotel breakfast buffet. Is it ethical to pocket a sandwich at a hotel breakfast buffet? Laurie Graham explored that question in the magazine back in September. Specifically, she revealed the very British habit of swiping food from free breakfasts to save for lunch later in the day. Laurie joined us alongside Mark Jenkins, a former hotel manager in Torquay, whom listeners may remember from the Channel 4 documentary The Hotel. (01:04:04) Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons. 

As Adrienne reflects on 6 years of the Power Hour, we are going to share some of our favourite episodes from the archives.Today we're sharing 2023's episode with the wonderful Viv Groskop.From the episode notes...Happy high status is a new way of thinking about confidence and how you relate to yourself. It's how actors and comedians enhance their presence on stage and screen. It lends strength and energy to your interactions, big and small, and is a way of projecting status, minimising self-doubt and moving effortlessly through life. Viv's book is out now!Drawing on research, practical tips and lessons from the worlds of comedy, film, television, politics and sport, Viv Groskop offers a masterclass in how you can access this new form of confidence at any time. All, crucially, with no risk of anyone thinking that you are your own biggest fan.Viv Groskop is an award-winning writer, stand-up comedian, playwright and TV and radio presenter. She is the host of the podcast How Own the Room, with over 2 million downloads and guests including Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Margaret Atwood, Professor Mary Beard, Nigella Lawson and very occasionally a man like Brian Cox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revisiting some of the conversations we had around them. First up: the Starmer supremacy Let's start with undoubtedly the biggest news of the year: Starmer's supermajority and the first Labour government in 14 years. In April, we spoke to Katy Balls and Harriet Harman about just what a supermajority could mean for Keir Starmer. Listening back, it's an incredibly interesting discussion to revisit. The aim of Katy's piece was to communicate the internal problems that could arise from such a sweeping victory and, crucially, how Starmer might manage a historic cohort of backbenchers. One MP who knows about adjusting to life in government after a supermajority is Harriet Harman, former leader of the Labour party and a member of Tony Blair's first cabinet. (01:51) Reflections from the editor's chair The change in No. 10 Downing Street is, of course, not the only notable shake-up in Westminster this year. Fraser Nelson stepped down as editor of The Spectator in September after 15 years of wielding the editor's pen, with 784 issues to his name. We sat down with him on his final day in the office to reflect on his time at 22 Old Queen Street. (08:31) Do historians talk down to children? In June, Mary Wakefield dedicated her column to this very question. She wrote about her experience trying to find engaging and challenging history books for her 8-year-old and compared the dumbed-down, one-dimensional version of history portrayed in modern children's books with the classic Ladybird books of the 1960s. She joined the podcast to discuss this with Dominic Sandbrook, author of the Adventures in Time children's book series and host of The Rest is History podcast. (17:18) Are ultra-processed foods really so bad? On The Edition podcast, we enjoy a fiery debate, and none was more heated than our discussion on ultra-processed foods. This debate, between columnist Matthew Parris and Christoffer van Tulleken, associate professor at UCL and author of the bestselling book Ultra-Processed People, took place in May. It was sparked by Matthew's column on the myths surrounding ultra-processed foods—foods engineered to be hyper-palatable and typically containing preservatives, emulsifiers, sweeteners, artificial colours, flavours, and so on. Such additives are widely considered detrimental to our health. Matthew says we shouldn't be worried, but we'll let you decide. (29:10) By whose values should we judge the past? On the podcast, we showcase articles from across the magazine—from the front half to the life pages, to books and arts. One of the most intriguing books of the year was Joan Smith's Unfortunately, she was a nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's Imperial Women. An eye-catching title that is ‘as thought-provoking as it is provocative', as Daisy Dunn wrote in October. Many popular historians are singled out for their analysis of women in ancient Rome, including Professor Dame Mary Beard. In the interest of granting a right of reply, we invited Mary onto the podcast to discuss the merit of judging history by today's standards. (49:40) And finally: the politics of the breakfast buffet We thought we would leave you with one of the most prescient discussions we had on the podcast this year: the politics of the hotel breakfast buffet. Is it ethical to pocket a sandwich at a hotel breakfast buffet? Laurie Graham explored that question in the magazine back in September. Specifically, she revealed the very British habit of swiping food from free breakfasts to save for lunch later in the day. Laurie joined us alongside Mark Jenkins, a former hotel manager in Torquay, whom listeners may remember from the Channel 4 documentary The Hotel. (01:04:04) Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.   Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons. 

Adam meets leading classicist Dame Mary Beard, who explains what social media tells us about how emperors held on to power in Rome, why shoes are important when talking about power, how many people in ancient Rome really died by being drowned by rose petals, the important roles that apocryphal stories and outright lies play in history and why she replied to every critical message she received following the controversial comments she made soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on April 16th, 2024.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSMARY'S ROME PICK 1 - PALAZZO MASSIMO MUSEUMMARY'S ROME PICK 2 - CENTRALE MONTEMARTINI MUSEUMRORY STEWART AND MARY BEARD ON POWER AND POLITICS - 2024 (YOUTUBE)MARY BEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS - 2010 (BBC WEBSITE)HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE - 2023 (KNOW YOUR MEME)IN RESPONSE TO 9/11 - 4th October 2001 (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)JESSE ARMSTRONG'S UPLIFTING MOVIE PICKTURN EVERY PAGE (TRAILER) Directed by Lizzie Gottlieb - 2022 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Mary Beard squares up to the gorefest of Gladiator II; and Alan Hollinghurst in conversation at the Cambridge Literary Festival.'Gladiator II', various cinemas'Our Evenings', by Alan HollinghurstProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Mary Beard reports on the American election from her billet on Pennysylvania Avenue; plus Regina Rini opens a can of temporal worms in a quest to cure worry.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Even if you're not an obsessive Ancient Rome aficionado, you may have heard of Mary Beard. With more than 20 books to her name, including the wildly successful SPQR, Mary might be most famous for her work as a BBC host for shows such as Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town and Julius Caesar Revealed. On this episode of Read This, she sits down with Michael to discuss her life sentence — the half dozen words that set her on the path to becoming Britain's best-known classicist — and why the Roman Empire is so misunderstood.

Jane Ellen Harrison was Britain's first female career academic, a maverick public intellectual burdened with the label ‘the cleverest woman in England'. Her quips and quirks became legendary, but many of those anecdotes were promulgated by Harrison herself. Mary Beard joins Tom to discuss Harrison's legacy, the challenges in writing her life and the careful cultivation of her voice.Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/jeharrisonpodSponsored Links:The Kluge Prize: https://loc.gov/klugeToronto University Press: https://utorontopress.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Mary Beard joins us to explain why two recently discovered fragments of Euripides are big news; and an interview with director James Macdonald and actor Lucian Msamati on their new production of Waiting for Godot.'Ino' and 'Polyidus', by Euripides'Waiting for Godot', by Samuel Beckett, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, until December 14 2024Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wir sprechen in dieser Folge über den Untergang der antiken Stadt Pompeji, aber auch über die Ausgrabungen, die die Stadt nach hunderten von Jahren wieder zutage förderten. Im Zuge dieser wurden nicht nur die diversen Tempel, das Forum oder öffentliche Bäder, sondern auch ein ganz bestimmter Gebäudekomplex ausgegraben. Es ist die Anlage der Julia Felix, über die wir zwar relativ wenig wissen, deren unternehmerische Tätigkeiten uns aber Aufschluss sowohl über die Möglichkeiten von Frauen in der antiken römischen Gesellschaft, als auch über einen ansonsten wenig beleuchteten Teil der römischen Gesellschaft geben. Zu hören ist auch Dr. Emma Southon, die in ihrem Buch "A History of Rome in 21 Women" über Julia Felix geschrieben hat. // Literatur - Emma Southon. A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women. Simon and Schuster, 2023. - D'Ambra, E. ‘Real Estate for Profit: Julia Felix's Property and the Forum Frieze.' In "Women's Lives, Women's Voices. Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples", edited by B. Longfellow and M. Swetnam-Burland, 85–108. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2021. - Emanuel Mayer. The Ancient Middle Classes. Harvard University Press, 2012. - Mary Beard. Pompeji. Das Leben in einer römischen Stadt: Das Leben in einer römischen Stadt. FISCHER E-Books, 101 n. Chr. - Parslow, Christopher. „Documents illustrating the excavations of the Praedia of Julia Felix in Pompeii“. Rivista di Studi Pompeiani 2 (1988): 37–48. - Zanker, Paul. "Stadtbilder als Spiegel von Gesellschaft und Herrschaftsform" // Erwähnte Folgen - GAG435: Die Schlacht bei Carrhae – https://gadg.fm/435 - GAG183: Agrippina die Jüngere, mächtigste Frau der frühen Kaiserzeit – https://gadg.fm/183 - GAG288: Der Senat, der über Leichen ging – https://gadg.fm/288 Das Episodenbild zeigt einen Ausschnitt des Freskos im Anwesen der Julia Felix: ein Bäcker, der Brot verkauft. //Aus unserer Werbung Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte //Wir haben auch ein Buch geschrieben: Wer es erwerben will, es ist überall im Handel, aber auch direkt über den Verlag zu erwerben: https://www.piper.de/buecher/geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-isbn-978-3-492-06363-0 Wer Becher, T-Shirts oder Hoodies erwerben will: Die gibt's unter https://geschichte.shop Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf Steady oder ein Abo des GeschichteFM-Plus Kanals auf Apple Podcasts tun. Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei Apple Podcasts oder wo auch immer dies möglich ist rezensiert oder bewertet. Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr Euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt! Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

Carl, Beau, and Peter McIlvenna discuss how Andrew Tate will become Britain's first misogyny terrorist, the collapse of the British justice system, and how Mary Beard is the only person who knows anything about Rome.

On August 26th, 55 BC, Julius Caesar and his legionaries waded ashore just north of the White Cliffs of Dover. Right there in the surf, they were met by Celtic warriors, who charged them on foot and on horseback. The fighting was fierce, but Caesar's legions prevailed. A few months later, having extracted tribute and pledges of allegiance from local tribes, Caesar returned to Gaul. But this was just the beginning - a hundred years later the Romans would return, beginning a period of Roman rule that lasted for over 350 years.This is the first of a two-part series that tells the story of Roman Britain, from Julius Caesar's first expeditions through to the collapse of the Roman Empire. For this, we're joined by Patrick Wyman, host of the Tides of History and The Fall of Rome podcasts.If you'd like to hear more about the history of Rome, you can listen to:The Roman Navy in Britain - https://shows.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit/episodes/theromannavyinbritainStone Age to Roman Days - https://shows.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit/episodes/story-of-england-stone-age-to-roman-daysRoman Emperors with Mary Beard - https://shows.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit/episodes/roman-emperors-with-mary-beardProduced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign up HERE for 50% off for 3 months using code ‘DANSNOW'.We'd love to hear from you - what do you want to hear an episode on? You can email the podcast at ds.hh@historyhit.com.You can take part in our listener survey here.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with law professor Lisa Pruitt about how the white working class became a force in American politics, linguist Adam Aleksic spells out how online subcultures shape popular language, CBC Sports senior contributors Shireen Ahmed and Morgan Campbell reflect on the successes, controversies and surprises of the Paris Olympics, and historian Mary Beard shares lessons for our world from the Roman Empire.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

Ruled by an autocratic Emperor, Jesus lived in an area occupied by the mighty Roman Empire. How was this system of one-man rule established, and how did it flourished and operate at the time of Jesus' birth, during his adult life, and the subsequent early Christian movement? Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard book available at https://amzn.to/3RU7oyp  Other books by Professor Mary Beard available at https://amzn.to/3LUQThQ  Dan Snow's History Hit podcast available at https://amzn.to/48HlmtH  THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america                                                Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet      Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels  Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9  YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu  TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica  Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Source: Dan Snow's History Hit podcast (Episode 1290 - Roman Emperors with Mary Beard). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Renowned classicist Mary Beard takes us back in time to ancient Rome, in this lecture about the making of her latest book, Emperor of Rome.

From cruising down the Nile to carving names into historical monuments, ancient leisure habits don't seem too far from our own. This Long Read, written by Mary Beard, describes what happened when a party of elite Roman holidaymakers – led by the emperor Hadrian – descended on ancient Egypt's tourist hotspots in AD 130. HistoryExtra Long Reads brings you the best articles from BBC History Magazine, direct to your ears. Today's feature originally appeared in the June 2024 issue, and has been voiced in partnership with the RNIB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Keir Starmer dealt with a Labour rebellion on the two-child benefit cap that saw the whip removed from seven of his MPs. Meanwhile in America, Kamala Harris has moved quickly to mobilise her campaign and define her Republican rival.To make sense of it all, Nick and Amol turn to Prof Mary Beard for a classical perspective on power, succession, and rebellions. What was Cicero's advice for winning elections? Which Latin quote did John F Kennedy incorrectly use in a famous speech? And why does she hate being asked which Roman emperor most resembles Donald Trump?She also updates them on her campaign for membership of the - until very recently - male-only private members' club, the Garrick.If you have a question you'd like to Amol and Nick to answer, get in touch by sending us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 4346 or email us Today@bbc.co.ukEpisodes of The Today Podcast continue to land twice a week post-election. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to get Amol and Nick's take on the new government, with insights from behind the scenes at the UK's most influential radio news programme.The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the UK's most influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC's media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he's also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC's political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV's political editor.You can listen to the latest episode of The Today Podcast any time on your smart speaker by saying “Smart Speaker, ask BBC Sounds to play The Today Podcast.”The producer is Hatty Nash, the editor is Tom Smithard. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Digital production from Joe Wilkinson and Charlie Henry, technical production from Jack Graysmark.

Dancing over the fog-horn testing centre, Jane and Fi are covering about a 'billionty' other topics, from eating marmalade straight from the jar, and the state of the toilets at London Euston Station.Jane and Fi are joined by the classicist Mary Beard, to discuss the paperback edition of her latest bestseller 'Emperor of Rome'Our next book club pick has been announced! 'Missing, Presumed' is by Susie Steiner.If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio.Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfiAssistant Producer: Kate LeePodcast Producer: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens at a Roman emperor's dinner party? Why would you be lucky to get out alive? And how are emperors even chosen?Joining Kate today is the one, the only Mary Beard, to take us back to Ancient Rome and help separate the facts from the myths.Mary's latest book, Emperor of Rome, is out now in paperback.This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign here for up to 50% for 3 months using code BETWIXT.You can take part in our listener survey here.Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.

Mary Beard argues that 21st Century disputes about what museums should own - or give back - are far from being a modern phenomenon. 'Almost as far back as you can go, there have been contests about what museums should display, and where objects of heritage properly belonged,' writes Mary. 'These debates are written into museum history.' From the Great Bed of Ware to the Lewis Chessmen, Mary reflects on how we determine who owns objects from the distant past. Sometimes, she says, as in the case of the Broighter Hoard, it comes down to the kind of craziness of deciding whether 'some anonymous Iron Age bloke had planned to come back for his stuff, or not!' Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

Iain and Jacqui host For the Many Live! in Cambridge with fantastic historian and author Mary Beard.

We've recently discovered, thanks to TikTok, that many more people are thinking about the Roman Empire than you might expect... including the host of this radio show. This hour, we talk about why people think about the Roman Empire, and we talk with the preeminent scholar of the Roman Empire, Mary Beard, about all the things you could think about if you wanted to think about the Roman Empire. GUESTS:  Doug Boin: Professor of History at St. Louis University, and author of Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome, among other books Mary Beard: Historian of Ancient Rome. She is the author of bestselling books, including SPQR, and her newest book is Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.  Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired on October 25, 2023.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Beard is an expert on the Roman Empire, and her latest book is about the rulers who presided over it — 30 emperors in nearly three centuries.

The title of Caesar has echoed down the ages as the pinnacle of absolute power and perhaps even tyranny. A single man at the head of a nation or empire with untouchable power. But how powerful were they really and why are they seen as an example to follow when many of the men who became Caesar met a bloody end? Dan is joined by the legendary classicist Mary Beard to explore the history of the first twelve Caesars. They discuss how these autocratic rulers have been portrayed throughout history, how the Roman Empire was really ruled and how their legacy still lives with us today.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code DANSNOW sign up at https://historyhit/subscription/We'd love to hear from you- what do you want to hear an episode on? You can email the podcast at ds.hh@historyhit.com.You can take part in our listener survey here.

Classicist Mary Beard picks Tacitus as a figure who still has relevance if we're thinking about satire, power and celebrity. Shahidha Bari is joined by Mary, historian Helen Carr, who co-edited What is History Now? political sketch-writer from The Times newspaper Tom Peck and Konnie Huq, writer and former presenter of the children's TV show Blue Peter. On April 21st 1964, the tv channel BBC 2 launched with an episode for children of Play School and programmes like Bluey and Peppa Pig, have been making headlines so what do we want from kids TV? Plus - poet Lord Byron died 200 years ago this week - scholar Dr Corin Throsby has been reading the fan mail he received.Listen out for Mary Beard and the new series of Being Roman coming to BBC Radio 4 in May - and the first series is available on BBC Sounds. And if you're a fan of Oliver Postgate - The Clangers, Bagpuss and Noggin you can find a Free Thinking episode exploring those programmes.Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Tim Heffer

The How To Academy Podcast is the biweekly show from London's home of big thinking. Each episode they take a deep dive into the life and ideas of one of the most significant thinkers, artists, or leaders of our time – from Gordon Brown and Bill Clinton to Mary Beard and Marina Abramovic. This episode features a live, on-stage conversation between Christiana Figueres and the former CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman, on the fight to keep the planet within 1.5 degrees of warming. Visit howtoacademy.com for more podcasts, live events, and livestreams with the world's leading thinkers. --- To listen to our recent mini-series, Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection visit the dedicated Website page, which includes unedited versions of interviews with our wonderful guests.   Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Book Club #84 - Emperor of Rome - Another live RHLSTP Book Club coming fittingly from the oldest recorded Roman City in England, Colchester. Rich and Mary discuss whether they might be on the site of Camelot, Boudicca's decision to level the place to the ground and what year it might have happened, plus the controversy over which month Pompeii met its fate. But mainly they talk about her fab book Emperor of Rome and her podcast Being Roman. Did the excesses and jokes of the Roman emperors really happen? Is Donald Trump like Elagabalus? How do we know that Augustus was called on to judge the case of the slave who killed someone with a chamber pot? Are we able to find out about the lives of ordinary Romans? And where is the earliest known depiction of the crucifixion and how would the person who drew it feel about it being discussed so many hundreds of years later?Buy the book here https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/emperor-of-rome-mary-beard/6331731Come and see RHLSTP on tour http://richardherring.com/rhlstp Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The war between the Union and the Confederacy is a major turning point in the history of the United States. But why did it happen?From slavery and states' rights, to economic, legislative, moral, and political issues, in this episode, Don and Professor Adam Smith explore how these intertwined issues triggered this devastating war.Adam is a professor at the University of Oxford and Director of their Rothermere American Institute. He is also the host of podcast 'The Last Best Hope?' and author of 'The Stormy Present: Conservatism and the Problem of Slavery in Northern Politics, 1846-1865'.Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte LongDiscover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, James Holland, Mary Beard and more.Don't miss out on the best offer in history! Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 for 3 months with code AMERICANHISTORYHIT1 sign up now for your 14-day free trial https://historyhit/subscription/You can take part in our listener survey here.Don't miss out on the best offer in history! Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 for 3 months with code AMERICANHISTORYHIT1 sign up now for your 14-day free trial https://historyhit/subscription/You can take part in our listener survey here.

We're creeping closer and closer to the Civil War in our chronology of presidents, and this episode's focus did little to delay the division of the United States.The 14th President, Franklin Pierce, took office in March 1853. To hear about his attempts at both domestic and foreign policy, as well as the personal tragedies that impacted his ability to govern, Don spoke to Brian Neumann.Brian C Neumann is the author of 'Bloody Flag of Anarchy: Unionism in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis' and managing director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia.Produced by Freddy Chick and Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, James Holland, Mary Beard and more.Don't miss out on the best offer in history! Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 for 3 months with code AMERICANHISTORYHIT1 sign up now for your 14-day free trial https://historyhit/subscription/You can take part in our listener survey here.

What were the Apache Wars? How did they begin? And how did the end of the Mexican-American War impact the indigenous people of that region?In the 19th century, U.S. forces and Apache groups in areas that are now parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas fought a series of conflicts over territory, power and resources.In this episode, historian Doug Hocking gives us insight into the various turning points in the conflicts, notably the Bascom Affair, the role of figures like Cochise and Geronimo, and the degrading relationship between the U.S. forces and Apache tribes after the Mexican-American War.Doug is a historian of the American South West and author of a number of books including 'Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars'.Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, James Holland, Mary Beard and more.Don't miss out on the best offer in history! Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 for 3 months with code AMERICANHISTORYHIT1 sign up now for your 14-day free trial https://historyhit/subscription/You can take part in our listener survey here.