Book Review: ‘How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic’

Book Review: ‘How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic’
We can look to our ancient past to better understand our present. An Italian soldier patrols near the ancient Colosseum in Rome on March 24, 2017. Vincenzo Pinto/ AFP via Getty Images
Dustin Bass
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Princeton University Press is putting its best foot forward by using an old foot. The press’s ongoing collection titled “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers” has a new addition with “How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic.”

Josiah Osgood, professor and chair of classics at Georgetown University, has written a new translation of the ancient work and one that is easily accessible to modern readers. Then again, that’s the whole point.

Dustin Bass
Dustin Bass
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Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.
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