How long does it take to read SPQR?
Mary Beard, Silvia Furió
SPQR by Mary Beard, Silvia Furió takes about 11 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2015. 644 pages, about 177,100 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It 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, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome'"--Jacket.
Subjects: Historia, History, Rome, history, Histoire, Antike, Romerska riket
