Vox Populi

In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential today. For over 2,000 years these ideas have gripped Western imagination and been instrumental in the way we think about the world. Covering everything from philosophy, history and architecture to language and grammar, Jones uncovers their astonishing intellectual, political and literary achievements.

First published twenty years ago, this fully updated and revised edition is a must-read for anyone who wishes to know more about the classics - and where they came from.



Peter Jones was educated at Cambridge University and taught Classics at Cambridge and at Newcastle University, before retiring in 1997. He has written a regular column, 'Ancient & Modern', in the

Spectator for many years and is the author of various books on the Classics, including the bestselling

Learn Latin and

Learn Ancient Greek, as well as

Reading Virgil's Aeneid

I and II, Vote for Caesar,

Veni, Vidi, Vici,

Eureka! and

Quid Pro Quo.



Fascinating... It is learned but an easy read, a rare combination.



An often amusing, always illuminating, guide which offers an intriguing vantage point at which to examine Roman life.



Well-argued and engaging



If this book doesn't encourage a rebirth in interest in the Classics, nothing will.