Santo Mazzarino
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Santo Mazzarino (born 1916; died 1987) was a leading historian of ancient Rome of twentieth century.
As a scholar and faculty member of the University of Rome, Mazzarino was viewed as one of Italy's leading historians. His revolutionary book La fine del mondo antico (1959) examined the death of Rome as a result of decadence. This small masterpiece has been very popular among non-specialists too and has been translated into several languages. However, Mazzarino's highest achievements (on IV century AD economy, on classical historiography and on the Roman Empire) have not been translated and his original interpretations and contributions to the study of the ancient world remain yet inaccessible to non Italian readers. As a Marxist he blamed the same decadence for the woes of the modern world.
==Bibliography== (incomplete)
- Stilicone (1942).
- Dalla monarchia allo Stato repubblicano (1945).
- Fra Oriente e Occidente (1947).
- Aspetti sociali del IV secolo (1951).
- L'impero romano (1956).
- La fine del mondo antico (1959).
- Il pensiero storico classico (3 vol., 1965-66).
- Antico, Tardo-antico ed era costantiniana (2 vol., 1974-1980).
- Storia sociale del Vescovo Ambrogio (1989).
[edit] Further reading
Giardina, Andrea: Mazzarino e Rostovzeff, in Rostovzeff e l' Italia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 1995, pp.117-129
Giarrizzo G., Mazzarino: storici antichi e storiografia moderna, in Omaggio a Santo Mazzarino, Un maestro, Università degli studi di Catania, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia 2003, pp. 17-25
Convegno per Santo Mazzarino (Roma, 9-11 Maggio 1991), Roma 1998