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)
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  • Veni, Vidi, Vici

    Peter Jones

    Atlantic Books, pp. 400

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