Peter Brown is Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
'Sensitive, stimulating and learned … full of vivid imagery and impartial enthusiasm' - Sunday Times 'Superb … it is a long time since I enjoyed a historical work so much' - Philip Toynbee, Observer 'Peter Brown’s elegant and provocative text is beautifully supported by often unfamiliar illustrations' - Times Literary Supplement 'Few scholars writing today can match his [Brown’s] knack of conveying just why certain issues were so engrossing to the men and women of the ancient world' - History Today