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Cultural politics in Polybius's Histories /
Polybius has provided us with the earliest continuous narrative of the rise of the Roman Empire. Champion shows how Polybius tailored his work for a number of audiences, both his fellow Greeks & the Roman conquerors, affording new insights into a work whose subtlety & complexity have gone la...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
41. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Polybius has provided us with the earliest continuous narrative of the rise of the Roman Empire. Champion shows how Polybius tailored his work for a number of audiences, both his fellow Greeks & the Roman conquerors, affording new insights into a work whose subtlety & complexity have gone largely unrecognised. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 328 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520929890 0520929896 9780520237643 0520237641 1597345628 9781597345620 |