Allan Massie

Roman baths didn’t make you clean — and other gems from Peter Jones’s Veni, Vedi, Vici

Our Ancient and Modern columnist has written a book with something to relish on every page

Ovid Banished from Rome, J.M.W. Turner, 1838 (Photo: The Athenaeum) 
issue 09 November 2013

Spectator readers need no introduction to Peter Jones. His Ancient and Modern column has instructed and delighted us for many years. Now he has written an equally delightful and instructive book with the alluring subtitle ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about the Romans but were afraid to ask.’ Well, it may not be quite everything, but it is a near as dammit.

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