Mary Beard

Mary Beard is an English classicist who writes on ancient Rome, with SPQR, her study of the city's public life, among her books. Her other books include Pompeii, Twelve Caesars, The Roman Triumph, and Laughter in Ancient Rome, along with Confronting the Classics and Women and Power. She is a trustee of the British Museum, a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement. Described as Britain's best-known classicist, she is also a frequent media presence.