Ancient Rome XIX – The Wars and Dictatorship of Lucius Sulla
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Aristophanes: Frogs. Assemblywomen. Wealth. (Loeb Classical Library No. 180) $22.31 Aristophanes, one of the world’s greatest comic dramatists, has been admired since antiquity for his iridescent wit and beguiling fantasy, exuberant language, and brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its height. This is the fourth and final volume in the new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays. Frogs was produced in 405 BCE, shortly after the death… |
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The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles, and Ideology $20.00 The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps the most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes. Hansen distinguishes between the city’s seven political institutions: the Assembly, the nomot… |
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History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great $30.00 ‘…a thoroughly reliable and a highly attractive volume. Meiggs is to be congratulated on his success in combining preservation and adaptation so successfully.’ – Hermathena ‘…a major overhaul by Russell Meiggs in the light of modern research…The future of Bury’s History as a major reference work seems assured.’ – Ancient History ‘Bury resurgens: seventy-five years old and still going strong!… |
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