Peter Jones was educated at Cambridge University and taught Classics at Cambridge and at Newcastle University, before retiring in 1997. He has written a regular column, 'Ancient & Modern', in the Spectator for many years.
He is the author of various books on the Classics, including the bestselling Learn Latin and Learn Ancient Greek, as well as Reading Virgil's: Aeneid I and II, Vote for Caesar, Veni, Vidi, Vici, Eureka! Quid Pro Quo, and Memento Mori.