Santo Mazzarino
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Santo Mazzarino was an Italian
historian
, considered a leading 20th-century historian of ancient Rome
. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei
.
Mazzarino was born at Catania
. As a scholar and faculty member of the University of Rome La Sapienza
, Mazzarino was viewed as one of Italy's leading historians. His influential book La fine del mondo antico (1959) examined the death of Rome as a result of decadence. The book was widely read among non-specialists as well, and has been translated into several languages. Mazzarino's primary historical contributions covered subjects such as the 4th century economy, classical historiography
, and various aspects of the Roman Empire
.
As a Marxist
, he blamed the same decadence for the woes of the modern world.
As of 2007, his main and fundamental works are being newly issued by Bollati Boringhieri, a renowned Italian scientific publisher in Turin
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, considered a leading 20th-century historian of ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei
Accademia dei Lincei
The Accademia dei Lincei, , is an Italian science academy, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy....
.
Mazzarino was born at Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
. As a scholar and faculty member of the University of Rome La Sapienza
University of Rome La Sapienza
The Sapienza University of Rome, officially Sapienza – Università di Roma, formerly known as Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a coeducational, autonomous state university in Rome, Italy...
, Mazzarino was viewed as one of Italy's leading historians. His influential book La fine del mondo antico (1959) examined the death of Rome as a result of decadence. The book was widely read among non-specialists as well, and has been translated into several languages. Mazzarino's primary historical contributions covered subjects such as the 4th century economy, classical historiography
Historiography
Historiography refers either to the study of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic...
, and various aspects of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.
As a Marxist
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
, he blamed the same decadence for the woes of the modern world.
As of 2007, his main and fundamental works are being newly issued by Bollati Boringhieri, a renowned Italian scientific publisher in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
.
Further reading
- Giardina, Andrea: Mazzarino e RostovtzeffMichael RostovtzeffMikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsev was one of the 20th century's foremost authorities on ancient Greek, Iranian, and Roman history....
, in Rostovtzeff e l' Italia, Università degli Studi di PerugiaUniversity of PerugiaUniversity of Perugia is a public-owned university based in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale....
, 1995, pp. 117-129 - Giarrizzo, Giuseppe, Mazzarino: storici antichi e storiografia moderna, in Omaggio a Santo Mazzarino, un maestro. Università degli studi di CataniaUniversity of CataniaThe University of Catania is a university located in Catania, Italy, and founded in 1434. It is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy and the 29th oldest university in the world...
, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, 2003, pp. 17-25 - Convegno per Santo Mazzarino. (Roma, 9-11 Maggio 1991), Roma, 1998
- Luciano Canfora. Santo Mazzarino, in Quaderni di storia, (pp. 185-187), 26, 1987
- Lily Ross TaylorLily Ross TaylorLily Ross Taylor is an American academic and author, who in 1917 became the first female Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.-Biography:...
. Review of: Santo Mazzarino. Dalla Monarchia allo Stato Repubblicano (Catania 1945). (in: American Journal of ArchaeologyAmerican Journal of ArchaeologyThe American Journal of Archaeology , the peer-reviewed journal of the Archaeological Institute of America, has been published since 1897...
53.4 (1949) 419-420). - J. M. Wallace-Hadrill. Review of: Santo Mazzarino. The End of the Ancient World (in The English Historical Review, Vol. 82, No. 325 (Oct., 1967), pp. 816-817