Mary Beard

Mary Beard is an English scholar that specializes in classics, particularly in Roman ancient history and classical art and archaeology. She completed her Bachelor’s and PhD at the University of Cambridge, where she is also currently a professor. Beard is known for presenting her work in a way that is accessible to a general audience, and thus is well-known to the public. In this vein, she wrote and presented a BBC documentary about the everyday lives of people in Ancient Rome, as well as a television program on Pompeii.

Ovid

Ovid is a Roman poet that lived under the reign of emperor Augustus, from 43 BC – 17-18 AD, and is contemporaneous with other famed Latin poets such as Virgil and Horace. Ovid is best known for his Metamorphoses, an extended narrative poem that explores the history of the world from its creation, ending with the death...