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Quotes from SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome — Mary Beard

born 1955 England

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This is a dangerous myth if we think we are better historians than our predecessors.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2017)

Roman history is constantly being written around, it has always been done; In a sense, we know more about our ancient Romans than they themselves knew. In other words, Roman history is a work in progress.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2017)

Rome of antiquity is important. Ignoring the Romans would not be merely a blind eye to the long-ago past, for Rome helps us to this day to delineate our way of making sense of our world and ourselves, from sublime theory to vulgar comedies. After two thousand years, Rome is still the basis for the culture and politics, literatures and the sense of the world and its place in the world.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2017)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mary Beard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.