The Critical Century
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Köp båda 2 för 658 kr...highly recommended for English-speaking students, but the volume has enough substance to be of interest to more advanced scholars as well...it provides an excellent gateway to one of the most confusing and intriguing periods in Roman imperial history.--Sehepunkte The third century is a period which suffers from a dismal lack of good literary source material. A general history such as that which Clifford Ando has provided is, in this regard, all the more essential for students wanting to study the third century. Ando does a skilful job of setting out a readable narrative from the patchy and inconsistent source material [and] his reconstruction of the string of emperors that followed Alexander Severus in quick succession makes complex and confusing topics accessible and engaging to the general reader. --Christopher J. Dart, University of Melbourne "Ancient West and East " Ando should be commended for taking such a muddled topic as the third-century crisis and providing such an approachable narrative of events. The paperback edition should make the book more accessible to students, and it could prove valuable as an undergraduate text. This book will be an important addition to reference shelves and university libraries. --Nikolaus Overtoom, Louisiana State University "H-War " Ando has provided a great service: an intelligent, balanced and readable general account of the third- century, admirably designed for its intended audience. --Reviewed by Graeme Clarke, Australian National University "Bryn Mawr Classical Review "
Clifford Ando is Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago.