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In this week's episode, we speak to mary beard about her new book, 12 caesars. She also speaks to shehita bary about y images of roman emperors still motter in the history of art and the representation of power to day. And if you do want to follow along with some of the images that mary beard discusses during the podcast, you can do so by visiting intelligence square dot com slash slides.

What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of figures we deplore? In October 2021 Mary Beard, Britain’s best known classicist, came to Intelligence Squared to talk about the ideas in her new book Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern. To follow along with the images referenced in the podcast visit: https://intelligencesquared.com/slides/

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