Peter Jones
Peter Jones se educó en la universidad de Cambridge y fue profesor de Clásicas en las universidades de Cambridge y Newcastle, antes de retirarse en 1997. Durante años escribió una columna en Spectator, x{0026} 39;Ancient x{0026} 38; Modernx{0026} 39;, y es autor de numeroros libros sobre los clásicos, incluyendo los bestsellers Learn Latin y Learn Ancient Greek, Vote for Caesar and Reading Virgilx{0026} 39;s Aeneid I and II.
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Vox Populi
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Classical World but Were Afraid to Ask
- Atlantic Books, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 14,70 €
ISBN 978-1-78649-894-6
EAN 9781786498946
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. ...
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- Atlantic Books, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 320 páginas
PVP: 20,15 €
ISBN 978-1-78649-895-3
EAN 9781786498953
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. ...
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- Atlantic Books, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78649-480-1
EAN 9781786494801
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two thousand years ago. Romans inhabited a world where man, knowing nothing about hygiene ...
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Quid Pro Quo
What the Romans Really Gave the English Language
- Atlantic Books, 2017
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 16,05 €
ISBN 978-1-78239-933-9
EAN 9781782399339
In this original and highly accessible book, Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient world, including science, religion, military ...
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- Atlantic Books, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 21,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78239-931-5
EAN 9781782399315
In this original and highly accessible book, Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient world, including science, religion, military ...
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- Atlantic Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 15,20 €
ISBN 978-1-78239-516-4
EAN 9781782395164
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy; and debated everything from the good life and the role of women, to making sense of foreigners and ...
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Veni, Vidi, Vici
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans but Were Afraid to Ask
- Atlantic Books, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 15,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78239-390-0
EAN 9781782393900
The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us - from our calendar and coins, to our language and laws - but how much do we really know about them? Help is at hand in the form of Veni, Vidi, Vici, which tells the remarkable, and often surprising, ...
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