Nothing was going in! Also what was this structure? Was there one?

Spent the past few weeks listening to this on my drives and lazy days at home. I have a far greater interest in daily life of the ancient world than I do its politics, however I found Mary Beard constructed a moving and accessible history of Rome's politics and how it has shaped big political concepts across the globe - the idea of citizenry, the purpose and goals of leaders, how empire functions on a purely logistical level. If you want an absorbing, thorough, fleshed out account of history's most discourse-pilled Italians, you can't go wrong with SPQR.