Mary Beard

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1. Mary Beard

   Author of Classics: A Very Short Introduction, The Parthenon (Wonders of the World), Religions of Rome: Volume 2: A Sourcebook

2. Tom Holland

   Author of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic, Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West, Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

3. Robin Lane Fox

   Author of The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian, Travelling Heroes: In the Epic Age of Homer

4. S. R. F. Price

   Author of Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor (Cambridge Paperback Library), Religions of the Ancient Greeks (Key Themes in Ancient History)
   All: (1 member)

5. Kenneth Minogue

   Author of Politics: A Very Short Introduction

6. Christopher Kelly

   Author of The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction

7. Denis Feeney

   Author of Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History (Sather Classical Lectures), Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts, and Beliefs (Roman Literature and its Contexts)
   All: (1 member)

8. Keith Hopkins

   Author of A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity, The Colosseum (Wonders of the World)
   All: (1 member)

9. Helen Morales

   Author of Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

10. Catherine Osborne

    Author of Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

11. Anthony Everitt

    Author of Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor

12. Adrian Goldsworthy

    Author of Caesar: Life of a Colossus, The Fall of the West (UK) / How Rome Fell (US)

13. Robert Harris

    Author of Imperium, Lustrum

14. Paul G. Bahn

    Author of Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction

15. John Gillingham

    Author of Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction

16. Walter Burkert

    Author of Greek Religion, Ancient Mystery Cults (Carl Newell Jackson Lectures), Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

17. Ian Shaw

    Author of Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

18. Harry Sidebottom

    Author of Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction

19. John H. Arnold

    Author of History: A Very Short Introduction

20. Erich S. Gruen

    Author of The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, The Hellenistic world and the coming of Rome