**Peter Wiseman *has been professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter for nearly fifty years. He is the author of Catullus and His World *, The Roman Audienc e, The House of Augustus (Princeton) and many other well-known works. In 2022 he was awarded the British Academy's K...

**Peter Wiseman *has been professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter for nearly fifty years. He is the author of Catullus and His World *, The Roman Audienc e, The House of Augustus (Princeton) and many other well-known works. In 2022 he was awarded the British Academy's Kenyon Medal for classical studies.