Classicist says her assertion that there was at least some diversity under Roman rule led to ‘torrent of aggressive insults’
Mary Beard has said she faced a “torrent of aggressive insults” on social media after posting messages asserting the ethnic diversity of Roman Britain.
The historian had been defending a BBC schools video that featured a black high-ranking Roman soldier as the father of a family, prompting the wave of online abuse. One person said she was “literally rewriting history”.
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