18th book of the year: “SPQR”, by Mary Beard

Wanted to read some history after the last few things. Kept seeing Beard press over the years, saw she has a new book out and grabbed a used copy of her old stuff instead.

lotta “assassinated for tyranny after proposing social and/or land use reforms” Kermit-confused-face.bmp

lotta good stuff on how normal people lived