Ancient Rome Will Never Get Old. Take It From Mary Beard.

 

 

"Is America akin to Rome in decline? Was Trump like Caligula? What can the Antonine plague tell us about our response to Covid? These are questions that have been asked of late, but they’re only recent iterations of a longstanding impulse: When a seeming paradigm shift occurs, contemporary commentators will look to ancient Rome for parallels, lessons, warnings. But what do we truly hope to reveal with these comparisons to Rome? And what do those hopes say about us? "

 

read interview with MARY BEARD

conducted by David Marchese

 Ancient Rome Will Never Get Old. Take It From Mary Beard. - The New York Times