‘A World History of Ancient Political Thought’, Oxford University Press, 2009

‘admirably ambitious… This is a genuinely comparative analysis, with constant attention to the divergences from basic similarities that creates the exciting sense of a single argument’

(History of Political Thought)

Antony Black should be considered one of the greatest and most consistent specialists in medieval political thought, but in this book he shows an impressive comprehension of the sources of ancient cultures’

(Political Studies Review)