Famous Firsts in the Ancient Greek and Roman World

First reactions when confronted with this exceptionally beguiling book were how on earth did Matz come to conceive it? And how did he persuade McFarland to publish it? Matz himself asks, who benefits from a book of Greek and Roman firsts? To this third question he contrives to find answers, although nowhere is there any clue on the first two. And, while we are at it, let us pose a fourth: who will buy it? The author pins his hopes on scholars, professors and teachers who may need to know “if the declaration of the senatus consultum ultimum directed at...