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The court and court society in ancient monarchies /

Monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient world. This volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's court. The monarchies treated are Achaemenid and Sassanian Persia, the empire of Alexander, Rome under both the early and later...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Spawforth, Antony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • New out of old? Court and court ceremonies in Achaemenid Persia / Maria Brosius
  • King, court and royal representation in the Sasanian empire / Josef Wiesehöfer
  • The court of Alexander the Great between Europe and Asia / Tony Spawforth
  • Friends in high places : the creation of the court of the Roman emperor / Jeremy Paterson
  • The imperial court of the late Roman empire, c. AD 300-c. AD 450 / Rowland Smith
  • The imperial court in Han China / Hans van Ess
  • Court and palace in ancient Egypt : the Armana period and later eighteenth dynasty / Kate Spence.