Новинки Мэри Бирд

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most famous classicist” ( Guardian ). In her international bestseller SPQR , Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? She tracks down the emperor at home, at the races, on his travels, even on his way to heaven. She introduces his wives and lovers, rivals and slaves, court jesters and soldiers―and the ordinary people who pressed begging letters into his hands. Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before. 160 images; 16-page color insert

Древний Рим – тема всеобщего интереса, опыты знакомства с его образами и историей сопровождают нас в науках, литературе, искусстве. Но насколько близки к реальности наши представления о той эпохе? Мэри Бирд, одна из ведущих мировых специалистов по древней истории, неизбежно изменит многие из них. Сенат и народ, Цицерон и Катилина, Ганнибал, Цезарь, Клеопатра, Август и Нерон…
Описывая взаимоотношения власти и человека, политическое устройство и конфликты, становление государственности и империи, знаменитых и никому не известных римлян, автор обрушивает множество мифов, заставляет по иному взглянуть на многие события давней истории.
Здесь есть все лучшее, что читатель может найти в научно-популярной литературе: глубокие и всесторонние знания о предмете, великолепный язык рассказчика, умение передать пульс повседневной жизни. Узнавая о далеком прошлом, мы сопереживаем ему так, словно пере нами блог самого Цицерона, словно играем в кости в помпейском трактире.

Toda civilización se configura en torno a unas imágenes compartidas colectivamente. Sus miembros se caracterizan por un modo peculiar de ver el mundo en que viven, de modo que la diferencia de las percepciones marca la diversidad de cada civilización. Mary Beard lo ilustra con una doble y fascinante exploración. La primera parte se refiere al arte del cuerpo: a las diversas visiones del cuerpo humano a través del tiempo y del espacio, desde las gigantescas estatuas de los faraones a los guerreros de terracota de China. La segunda aborda un tema todavía más complejo: el de las imágenes de Dios y de los dioses. Y nos lleva a una reflexión acerca de los problemas que todas las religiones, antiguas o modernas, han tenido para representar lo divino. Su propósito es mostrarnos cómo la diferencia de las percepciones de lo que vemos marca la diversidad de las civilizaciones.

Мы встречаемся с образами и историей Древнего Рима в науке, литературе, искусстве. Но насколько близки к реальности наши представления об эпохе, на которую опирается вся западная цивилизация? Ведущий мировой специалист по древней истории Мэри Бирд в своей книге «SPQR: История Древнего Рима» объясняет, почему нам так важна римская история, каким образом маленький, ничем не примечательный городок Центральной Италии превратился в империю трех континентов. Название «SPQR» — аббревиатура латинского выражения senatus populus que romanus, означающего «сенат и народ Рима». Сенат дал название современным законодательным собраниям по всему…

Стародавній Рим був величним містом навіть за сучасними мірками, імперський метрополіс, що широко розкинувся по долині, і який нараховував більше мільйона мешканців, «суміш розкоші і бруду, свободи і експлуатації, громадянської гордості і убивчої громадянської війни», які служили опорою могутності імперії, що простягалася від Іспанії до Сирії. Як же все це виникло з того, що колись було незначним селом в центральній Італії? В «S.P.Q.R.» всесвітньо відома класицистка Мері Берд розповідає про безпрецедентний зріст цивілізації, який навіть дві тисячі років по тому продовжує формувати багато наших фундаментальних уявлень про владу,…

Идея «цивилизации» всегда обсуждалась. В основе этих дискуссий лежит большой вопрос о том, как наши предки - от древности до наших дней - изображали себя и других, как людей, так и божеств. Выдающийся историк Мэри Бирд исследует, как искусство формировалось и создавалось людьми, создавшими его. Как мы смотрели на эти изображения? Почему они иногда были такими спорными? В первой части она исследует, как человеческая фигура изображалась в одном из самых ранних произведений искусства в мире - от гигантских каменных голов, вырезанных ольмеками Центральной Америки, до статуй и глиняных изделий древних греков до терракотовой армии первого…

Why the popular resonance of 'mansplaining' (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by many men)? It hits home for us because it points straight to what it feels like not to be taken seriously: a bit like when I get lectured on Roman history on Twitter.
Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template.
With personal reflections on her own experiences of the sexism and gendered aggression she has endured online, Mary asks: if women aren't perceived to be within the structures of power, isn't it power that we need to redefine?

Насколько глубоко в западную культуру встроены механизмы, лишающие женщин права голоса в публичной сфере, отказывающие им в серьезном отношении и отсекающие их от возможности находиться во власти? Окидывая взглядом долгую историю западной традиции исключения женщин из общественной и политической жизни — от Античности и до наших дней, — известный историк, профессор Кембриджского университета Мэри Бирд задается рядом вопросов: какова культурная подоплека сексизма в политике, какие формы он принимает? Как западные общества привыкли смотреть на женщин, обладающих властью или стремящихся к ней? Поиск ответов на эти вопросы призван помочь…

Pompei è un 'unicum' nella storia dell'archeologia, una miniera di informazioni non ancora del tutto esplorata. Soprattutto, è una continua riserva di sorprese per gli studiosi, una realtà più complicata e intrigante di ciò che riteniamo di conoscere. Distrutta e messa sottosopra, evacuata e depredata, Pompei serba i segni (e le cicatrici) di storie d'ogni genere, ben oltre lo stereotipo di «città congelata dalla colata lavica» diffuso dai dépliant e dalle guide turistiche. Indagando nel «paradosso di Pompei» in compagnia di Mary Beard scopriamo così che della vita antica che si svolgeva nel centro campano sappiamo contemporaneamente molto più e molto meno di ciò che crediamo. Facendo parlare in modo rigoroso le fonti archeologiche e le rare testimonianze documentarie, infatti, la studiosa inglese ricostruisce la vita quotidiana della città romana nel I secolo in ogni aspetto, dal sesso alla politica, dal cibo alla religione, dalla schiavitù alla cultura.

Britain's best known classicist, Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit she shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Elizabeth Warren as she explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, how we look at women who exercise power, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template. With personal reflections on her own experiences of sexism online and the gendered violence she has endured as a woman in the public eye, Beard asks: If…

At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer’s Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership roles in civic life, public speech being defined as inherently male. From Medusa to Philomela (whose tongue was cut out), from Hillary Clinton to Elizabeth Warren (who was told to sit down), Beard draws illuminating parallels between our cultural assumptions about women’s relationship to power―and how powerful women provide a necessary example for all women who must resist being vacuumed into a male template. With personal reflections on her own online experiences with sexism, Beard asks: If women aren’t perceived to be within the structure of power, isn’t it power itself we need to redefine? And how many more centuries should we be expected to wait?

Nel 212 d.C., con un decreto dell'imperatore Caracalla, veniva concessa la cittadinanza romana a tutti gli abitanti liberi dell'impero. Una decisione rivoluzionaria, che tuttavia portava a termine un processo avviato quasi mille anni prima da Romolo, il leggendario fondatore di Roma, il quale, con un gesto inconsueto per le civiltà antiche, aveva invitato gli stranieri, i diseredati, i profughi e gli esiliati a unirsi a lui, trasformandoli di fatto in cittadini romani. Fu questa disponibilità ad accogliere nuovi arrivati a fare di un piccolo e insignificante villaggio sorto sulle rive del Tevere una potenza in grado di dominare un…

In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the…

Древний Рим — тема всеобщего интереса, опыты знакомства с его образами и историей сопровождают нас в науках, литературе, искусстве. Но насколько близки к реальности наши представления о той эпохе? Книга Мэри Бирд, одного из ведущих мировых специалистов по древней истории, неизбежно изменит многие из них. Сенат и народ, Цицерон и Катилина, Ганнибал, Цезарь, Клеопатра, Август и Нерон... Описывая взаимоотношения власти и человека, политическое устройство и конфликты, становление государственности и империи, знаменитых и никому не известных римлян, автор обрушивает множество мифов, заставляет по иному взглянуть на многие события давней истории.…

Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books. In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She also invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She brings back to life some of the greatest writers of antiquity - including Thucydides, Cicero and Tacitus - and takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix. The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Classical Traditions captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.

Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation. Today it is the highlight of a tour of Italy for more than three million visitors a year, a concert arena for the likes of Paul McCartney, and a national symbol of opposition to the death penalty. Its ancient history is chock full of romantic but erroneous myths. There is no evidence that any gladiator ever said "Hail Caesar, those about to die..." and we know of not one single Christian…

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008

'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail

The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than ten per cent of the population.

An extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist.

It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he'd captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days.

A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph--but also its darker side. What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar's chariot? Or when Pompey's elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general's show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military might, for questions about military power and "victory" in our own day? The triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory.

Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture--and for monarchs, dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes "history."

It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he'd captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days.

A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph--but also its darker side. What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar's chariot? Or when Pompey's elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general's show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military might, for questions about military power and "victory" in our own day? The triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory.

Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture--and for monarchs, dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes "history."

Это грандиозное сооружение олицетворяет собой имперское величие и могущество Древнего Рима. Его мгновенно узнаваемый силуэт с течением времени стал эмблемой Вечного города, подобно Эйфелевой башне для Парижа или Кремлю для Москвы. Колизей был