Cover of Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

by Mary Beard

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · October 3, 2021

Images of power

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An academic exploration of how the depiction of Roman autocrats has influenced art, culture, and the presentation of power for more than two thousand years.

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