Christopher S. Mackay
Auteur de Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History
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Œuvres de Christopher S. Mackay
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Le Marteau des sorcières : Malleus Maleficarum (1487) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 1,619 exemplaires
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- Nom canonique
- Mackay, Christopher S.
- Date de naissance
- 15-07-1962
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Études
- University of Michigan (AB, 1984)
Harvard University (AM, 1987)
Harvard University (Ph. D. in Classical Philology, 1994) - Professions
- Professor of Classics, University of Alberta
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- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 153
- Popularité
- #136,480
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 11
- Langues
- 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.… (plus d'informations)