Jerry Toner

Classicist, University of Cambridge (Churchill College)

Jerry Toner is director of classical studies at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He is the author, with Marcus Sidonius Falx, of the Roman self-help books, Release Your Inner Roman (2016) and How to Manage Your Slaves (2014).

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Written by Jerry Toner

Painting of a Roman soldier in armour and red cloak on a bed, receiving a jug on a tray from a woman in white robes.

essayFamily life

How to be a patriarch

His duties are many, his challenges weighty, but his glory can be great. A guide to family management, by a Roman nobleman

Marcus Sidonius Falx & Jerry Toner

A Roman gladiator helmet with a red plume set against the backdrop of the Colosseum in Rome on a sunny day.

essayThe ancient world

Slaves or wage slaves

Incentives, rewards, bonuses and bonding experiences – Roman slaveowners were the first management theorists

Jerry Toner