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'''Michael John Parenti''' (born 1933) is an American political scientist, historian, and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects.

He has taught at American and international universities and has been a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences.

== ''The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome'' ==

In 2003 [[The New Press]] published Parenti's ''[[The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome]]''.

''PW'' said:

<blockquote>Parenti... narrates a provocative history of the late republic in Rome (100–33 B.C.) to demonstrate that Caesar's death was the culmination of growing class conflict, economic disparity and political corruption.
</blockquote>

''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' wrote: 

<blockquote>"Populist historian Parenti... views ancient Rome’s most famous assassination not as a tyrannicide but as a sanguinary scene in the never-ending drama of class warfare. ... revisionist history at its most provocative."
</blockquote>

== See also ==

* [[The Assassination of Julius Caesar]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parenti Michael Parenti]

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