Key Selling Points

• Timely reflection of the idea of progress, its potential and limits


• Author is a renowned historian of the Ancient world, able to adopt a long-view of the present


• Combines erudition and readability


• Translation by "star translator" Ann Goldstein

Target Readership

• For readers of The Lessons of History by Will Durant; The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

Aldo Schiavone is one of Italy's most renowned historians, whose works have been translated into numerous languages. He has taught Roman Law at the University of Florence and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His previous books include Spartacus (2013) and Pontius Pilate (2017).