Vote for Caesar : [how the Ancient Greeks and Romans solved the problems of today] by Jones, P. V. (Peter V.) instant download

Vote for Caesar : [how the Ancient Greeks and Romans solved the problems of today] by Jones, P. V. (Peter V.) instant download

viii, 264 pages ; 21 cm, 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. In this informative and hugely entertaining book, Peter Jones highlights just how much we have to learn from the past and how things really were once so much better, Cover subtitle, Includes bibliographical references and index, Two capitals : Rome and London -- Bread and (not) circuses -- Roman way of tax -- Control Greeks-and Romans -- Power to the people! Athens 508-323 BC -- People's law and people's justice -- Crime, punishment and education -- Celebrity games -- War and peace -- Pleasures of paganism -- Peering into the future -- Science of living -- Doctor could well see you shortly -- Epilogue : dream-world