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Mary Beard and Jo Quinn – Who Made The West?

Forget what you think you know about the Roman Empire and the story of the West. Two renowned classicists join us to debunk myths and reveal new and thrilling histories of power.

We think we know what it was like to rule – and be ruled – in the Ancient Roman world.We think we know that Roman values and ideas formed the cornerstone of Western civilisation.

We are wrong.

In this special episode of the How To Academy podcast Cambridge’s Mary Beard and Oxford’s Josephine Quinn transport us back to the ancient world and reveal a new story of the origins of the West.

Don’t miss this exclusive chance to join two of the most renowned historians of our age as they reveal a luminous and thrilling new history of our world.

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