Dr Jeremy Paterson studied at Exeter College, Oxford, and then was a Craven Fellow at Oxford and at the British School at Rome, where he researched the Roman wine trade. For nearly forty years he lectured on Ancient History at Newcastle University, where he was also Dean of Arts. While principally a social and economic historian, his research interests and publications have covered from Cicero to Early Christianity.  He is currently the chair of the Minimus Project, which over the last decade has succesfully introduced Latin to primary school pupils. He has travelled extensively in the classical world and is in demand as a lecturer and guide in the regions of the Mediterranean.