Silver bust of the stern-looking, and short reigning, Emperor Galba, possibly from a legionary standard (AD 68-9). Found in Herculaneum, Italy.
📷 my own 2024 (at the excellent British Museum Legion exhibition).
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#Runners! If you're a #history buff like me, I have #books to recommend! Listened to #ThePrivateLivesoftheTudors by @tracyborman.bsky.social during my last #marathon, and #EmperorofRome by @wmarybeard.bsky.social for the one before. Looking forward to #SonofProphecy by @nathenamin.bsky.social next!

I listen to history books and podcasts to help keep me sane. Today listening to Mary Beard’s Emperor of Rome I heard the author say that many of the emperors “thrive[d] on malicious chaos.” Sounds about right.

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#emperorofrome
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History fans, discover your new favourite books in audio! 🎧

We're delighted to see #EmperorOfRome by @wmarybeard.bsky.social and #ShiftingSands by Judith Scheele in this list of the top 12 history audiobooks from the @irishtimes.com.

What can social media tells us about how emperors held on to power in Rome? How many people in ancient Rome really died by being drowned by rose petals?

Mary Beard talks to Adam Buxton about her latest book #EmperorOfRome 🦅

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Mary Beard: Die Kaiser von Rom
Herrscher über Volk und Reich

Näher an die Lebensumstände und den Alltag im Römischen Reich als in den Büchern von Mary Beard kann man kaum kommen.
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Mary Beard, on Roman emperors: “autocracy (is) fundamentally a fake, a sham, a distorting mirror.” It “upturns the ‘natural’ order of things and replaces reality with sham, undermining your trust in what you think you see.” #emperorofrome (408)

Brilliant evening listening to @wmarybeard.bsky.social discuss her new book, “Emperor of Rome.” Looking forward to reading it. Chuffed to get my copy signed. #History #Romans #EmperorofRome