Veni, Vidi, Vici
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask
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The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us, from our calendar and coins to our language and laws, but how much do we really know about them? Help is at hand in the form of this book which tells the remarkable, and often surprising, story of the Romans and the most enduring empire in history. Fusing a lively and entertaining narrative with rigorous research, Veni, Vidi, Vici breaks down each major period into a series of concise nuggets that provide a fascinating commentary on every aspect of the Roman world, from plebs to personalities, sauces to sexuality, games to gladiators, poets to punishments, mosaics to medicine, and Catullus to Christianity.
About this Author
Peter Jones has written a regular column, "Ancient & Modern," in the Spectator for many years and is the author of various books on the Classics, including Latin Crosswords, Learn Latin, Reading Latin, and Reading Ovid.
ISBN:
9781782393900
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2016-05-01
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2016-05-01
Reviews
"Jones spans all 1,200 years of Roman history with seemingly unstoppable enthusiasm. . . . Informative, casually erudite but engagingly unstuffy, he makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh. . . . The book is full of fascination." --Sunday Times
"Jones has an eagle's high eye for the history of Rome from Aeneas to Augustine and a pigeon's ground-level eye for the graffiti scratcher of Pompeii." --Times
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