Rome: The History of an Ancient Civilisation: Mary Beard & Dan Jones

Mary Beard, Professor at the University of Cambridge, is one of Britain’s best-known Classicists. Her books include Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town, the bestselling SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome as well as the thought-provoking feminist manifesto Women & Power. She has presented numerous BBC documentaries including the recent ‘Civilisations’ series.
Awards: Wolfson History Prize(2008), Bodley Medal(2016)
Bestselling/ popular Books: Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town, Confronting the Classics

Dan Jones is a historian, broadcaster and award-winning journalist. His internationally bestselling works include The Plantagenets, The Templars and The Colour of Time. He has written and hosted dozens of TV shows, including the acclaimed Netflix/Channel 5 series Secrets of Great British Castles. He writes a weekly column for the London Evening Standard and his work also appears in newspapers and magazines such as the The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal and Smithsonian.

Rome: The History of an Ancient Civilisation
Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which still forms a template for modern comparisons. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. Here, Mary Beard, one of the world’s foremost classicists, explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. Covering 1,000 years of history and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, Beard will discuss her definitive history of ancient Rome.
Presented by Mahindra World City Jaipur

THE JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Described as the 'greatest literary show on Earth', the Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ideas.

The past decade has seen it transform into a global literary phenomenon having hosted nearly 2000 speakers and welcoming over a million book lovers from across India and the globe. Our core values remain unchanged: to serve as a democratic, non-aligned platform offering free and fair access.

Every year, the Festival brings together a diverse mix of the world's greatest writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, business leaders, sports people and entertainers on one stage to champion the freedom to express and engage in thoughtful debate and dialogue.

Festival Co Directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, alongside Producer Sanjoy K Roy and Teamwork Arts, create a platform for an array of speakers to debate, discuss and present their ideas in the annual five-day programme set against the backdrop of Rajasthan's stunning cultural heritage and the Diggi Palace in the state capital Jaipur.

Past speakers have ranged from Nobel Laureates His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, J.M. Coetzee, Muhammad Yunus and Orhan Pamuk, Man Booker Prize winners Ben Okri, Howard Jacobson, Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Michael Ondaatje, Paul Beatty and Yan Martel, Pulitzer Prize winners Andrew Sean Greer, Benjamin Moser, Colson Whitehead and Jhumpa Lahiri, Sahitya Akademi winners Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, M.T. Vasudevan Nair as well as the late Girish Karnad, Mahasweta Devi and U.R. Ananthamurthy along with literary luminaries including Amish Tripathi, Chima¬manda Ngozi Adichie, Vikram Chandra and Vikram Seth. An annual event that goes beyond literature, the Festival has also hosted Amartya Sen, Amitabh Bachchan, the late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Fry, Thomas Piketty and former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai.

The Jaipur Literature Festival is a flagship event of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 33 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities globally.

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