Marcus Sidonius Falx is a Roman of noble birth. To help make his book accessible for a non-Roman audience, he has employed the services of Dr Jerry Toner, Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics, Churchill College, Cambridge University. Toner has also co-written How to Manage Your Slaves and Infamy.
A quirky, witty jaunt across the Roman world in the 2nd century -- Patrick Kidd * Times * [Marcus Sidonius Falx is] a fascinating creation ... Here we have a chatty, persuasive, and even likeable voice guiding us through the minutiae of a morally repulsive institution * Times Literary Supplement * Falx's text, illuminated by Toner's commentary, is by turns charming, haughty, and brutal * New Yorker * Praise for Jerry Toner and Marcus Sidonius Falx: Thought-provoking and illuminating * FT * Illuminating and packs a punch * Times Higher Education *