Vote for Caesar

How the Ancient Greeks and Romans Solved the Problems of Today

By: Peter Jones

Narrated by: Bill Wallis

The expansion of the congestion charge zone, prices going up on the Underground, bendy buses - all ideas brought about to try to make the traffic situation in our capital city run more smoothly. Surely there must be a better way? In fact there is.

In Roman times, when the streets were even more crowded, Caesar decreed that all vehicles (except those involved in building work) were banned from the City, while Nero took advantage of a major fire to broaden the streets to improve access. Whatever the problem, from the leader whose deputy wants to replace him to the question of how to make democracy really work, you can guarantee that our Classical forebears faced the same situation and came up with some far more effective solutions than our current politicians.

Enthralling, informative and hugely entertaining, Peter Jones, one of the UK's leading Classicists, highlights just how much we have to learn from the past and how things really were once so much better.

©2009 Peter Jones (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

BORING!

I found this to be a selection of rants, rather than anything well thought out or insightful. I've only listened to half of it and won't waste my time on the rest. Wish I had of saved my money!