Publisher's Synopsis
'Jolly, lucid and packed full of good yarns' Financial Times Each generation thinks they invented everything, so the saying goes; but as Natalie Haynes reveals, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's gossiping over Pericles and Aspasia or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; Nero's palace scandals or Partygate; popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Zelenskyy; or how EastEnders picks up where playwright Aeschylus left off - over and over again, we can be seen to be living just like people did 2,000 years ago. It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us: each time we discuss politics or law, religion or philosophy, art or culture, we're continuing a conversation which began millennia ago. So why not go back to the beginning?
