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PompeiiThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one;

and Byzantine periods

and also explains points of grammar as they arise

Peppa's First Glasses is from Developing Reader Level 2 and is ideal for readers aged from 5+ who can read short

Satire 8 is an excoriating account of the old ‘noble’ families and how their current representatives are anything but noble in their behaviour both at home and in the provinces

and Valens

Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often floundering or failing as a result--we'd win more arguments if we learned the timeless art of verbal persuasion

kings must fight gods

Κάθε φορά λοιπόν που είναι στενοχωρημένος

and a literary genre

all offer a fascinating insight into an empire wracked by political divisions

Theseus is confronted with a challenge which at first he declines to take up

A wide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem of Grattius

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