Jurjen’s Reviews > SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome > Status Update

Having read the translated latin passage that explains Caligula's plan of making his horse consul--this so obviously reads as "all of you senators are so inept, my horse could do your job". Surprised Beard doesn't mention that

I really like her arguments for why much of what was attributed to Romulus and the early Roman state was more than likely conjured up (organically) after the fact

A very compelling analysis of the Cataline conspiracy (interesting place to start a history of Rome). Was it like the red scare, the beer hall putsch, or maybe even something similar to the French revolution? Mary Beard makes solid arguments for all possibilities

A lmao @ her trashing Cicero's poetry (he was the first *artist* to put out a bonafide flop)