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Peter V. Jones

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Peter Jones (sometimes credited as Peter V. Jones) is a former lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, a writer and journalist. Jones has regularly written on Classics for major newspapers, and was awarded the MBE in 1983. He is a Cambridge graduate.

Jones' popular work has been focused on introducing new generations to Ancient Rome and Greece, from newspaper columns to crossword collections, popular non-fiction, and charitable organisations devoted to helping keep Classics subjects in schools.

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	Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Romans but were afraid to ask 3.70 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eureka!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask 3.55 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death (Classic Civilisations Book 4) 3.17 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language (Classic Civilisations Book 3) 3.83 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vox Populi: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Classical World but Were Afraid to Ask 3.47 avg rating — 124 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn Latin: A Lively Introduction to Reading the Language 3.52 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homer's Odyssey: A Companion Based on the English Translation of Richmond Lattimore by Peter V. Jones, Richmond Lattimore (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 77 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World of Rome: An Introduction to Roman Culture by Peter V. Jones, Keith C. Sidwell 3.36 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading Latin: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises by Peter V. Jones, Keith C. Sidwell 3.87 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn Ancient Greek 3.70 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The Greeks would have found nothing democratic about our parliament, which fights popular scrutiny tooth and nail and where failed ministers, at the end of their term of office, far from being held to public account, are waved off to the House of Lords.”
― Peter Jones, Eureka!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask

tags: accountability, ancient-greece, democracy, politics, united-kingdom

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“Excessive consumption was not seen as a desirable sign of membership of an elite, but as a warning: it was wealth for the benefit not of the city but of the individual, and it threatened to impoverish him too. Even more dangerously, if wealthy individuals clubbed together, who knew what damage they could inflict?...Wealth could too easily pervert one's judgement.”
― Peter Jones, Eureka!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask

tags: capitalism, community, elite, excessive, politics, rich-people, wealth

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“Romans 1:32 is now, it seems, official government policy. When the waters of Oneism that have been beating the shoreline for many years fully come in, the house on the cliff top collapses with apparent, but not real, suddenness.”
― Peter Jones

tags: culture, theology

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