Anthony Everitt, a former visiting professor in the visual and performing arts at Nottingham Trent University, has written extensively on European and classical culture. He is the author of Cicero, Augustus, Alexander the Great, Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, The Rise of Rome, and The Rise of Athens. He has served as secretary general of the Arts Council of Great Britain and lives near Colchester, England's first recorded town, founded by the Romans.
Roddy Ashworth is an award-winning investigative journalist, former national news editor, and visiting lecturer in media ethics at City University London.
