La rovina della civiltà antica

Guglielmo Ferrero

Guglielmo Ferrero (Italian pronunciation: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo ferˈrɛːro]; 21 July 1871 — 3 August 1942) was an Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of The Greatness and Decline of Rome (five volumes 1901–1907 in Italian, English translation 1907–1909) and The Gamble: Bonaparte in Italy, 1796-1797 (1936 in French, English translation 1939). Ferrero was a classical liberal, and he opposed any kind of dictatorship or unlimited government.