John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon, FBA (4 November 1901 – 18 September 1977), known as J. P. V. D. Balsdon in his academic work and otherwise as Dacre Balsdon, was an English ancient historian and writer. He was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1927 to 1969, and president of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from 1968 to 1971.
Books in order of publication:
As J. P. V. D. Balsdon:
The Emperor Gaius (Caligula) (1934)
Roman Women: Their History and Habits (1962)
Julius Caesar and Rome (1967)
The Romans (editor) (1965)
Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome (1969)
Rome: the Story of an Empire (1970)
The Historical Background (1974)
Social Life in the Early Empire (1974)
Romans and Aliens (1980)
As Dacre Balsdon:
Freshman’s Folly: An Oxford Comedy (1952)
Oxford Life (1957)
The Day They Burned Miss Termag (1961)
Oxford Now and Then (1970)
Oak Lawn Library Friends 