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Christopher S. Mackay
Auteur van Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History
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- Mackay, Christopher S.
- Geboortedatum
- 15-07-1962
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- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- University of Michigan (AB, 1984)
Harvard University (AM, 1987)
Harvard University (Ph. D. in Classical Philology, 1994) - Beroepen
- Professor of Classics, University of Alberta
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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.… (meer)