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The Guardian / the 10 best ancient Romans

Professor Mary Beard picks out her favourite personae from the Roman empire’s 500-year history : 1 | Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces A self-confident joker and wealthy self-made man, who must have made a small fortune out of a chain of bakeries in first-century BC Rome. All we know about him is from his large, expensive and wonderfully idiosyncratic tomb, still standing …

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