Christopher S. Mackay
Autore di Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History
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Opere di Christopher S. Mackay
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Il martello delle streghe: sessualita femminile nel transfert degli inquisitori (1487) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 1,620 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Mackay, Christopher S.
- Data di nascita
- 15-07-1962
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Istruzione
- University of Michigan (AB, 1984)
Harvard University (AM, 1987)
Harvard University (Ph. D. in Classical Philology, 1994) - Attività lavorative
- Professor of Classics, University of Alberta
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- Opere
- 7
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 153
- Popolarità
- #136,480
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 11
- Lingue
- 3
Many chapters deal with the civil war where politics was kept in abeyance, but the last chapter on the Augustan settlement is a very insightful analysis of imperial political problems and their only solution: rule by one man. The first emperor did not intend to found an autocracy, but a return to oligarchical government was impossible. This chapter alone makes this book worth reading, but the preceding ones also contribute a lot. The book seems to be intended mainly for laymen, but it’s not light reading by any means. I highly recommend it to readers interested in Roman political history, both republican and imperial.… (altro)