For those who admire the Romans, John W. Hayes’s Handbook of Mediterranean
Roman Pottery offers a specialist yet accessible account of Roman ceramics
between 100 BC and 600 AD. War is never far away—one particularly fine
plate was acquired during the battle of the Somme in 1917. Published by British
Museum Press, £14.99, ISBN 0714122165.
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