Overview
Mary Beard
Known For
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
With unique insights in epic locations and interpretations of ancient...
Mary Beard's Forbidden Art
Art that challenges, questions and appals. Professor Mary Beard confronts...
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard...
Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard
With unparalleled access to Pompeii and featuring cutting-edge modern technology,...
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies,...
Biography
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.