Politics and Society in Imperial Rome

"Thisis, in a nutshell, the argument of Aloys Winterling in thisstimulating collection of essays. Winterling s work is well knownto German readers and this volume will hopefully bring theattention of a non?] Germanaudience to it. The articles collected in this volume span the lastten years, and although written on different occasions they showremarkable coherence. The thesis presented above is constantlyrestated from different points of view. Repetition is inevitable,but this is a minor fault: the author s arguments and methodologyare new and sophisticated, and deserve to be wellunderstood." ( BrynMawr Classical Review,May 2010)