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SPQR (Mary Beard)
Mary Beard's 2015 history of Rome's first thousand years: from Cicero against Catiline back to the founding myths, the Republic's growth, citizenship as Rome's secret weapon, the emperors, and ordinary Romans, ending with Caracalla's grant of citizenship in 212 AD.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Ancient Rome. Next: Meditations; The Great Divergence. Sources: Mary Beard, *SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome* (2015); Cicero's speeches; Beard's 92nd Street Y talk.Next: 1. Structure