The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece

Zusatztext Dmitriev's study is a well-produced and often persuasive addition to the scholarship on the Roman conquest of Greece. Informationen zum Autor Sviatoslav Dmitriev is Associate Professor of History, Ball State University Klappentext This book elucidates the many uses of the slogan of freedom by ancient Greeks, beginning with the Peloponnesian war and continuing throughout the Hellenistic period, and shows in detail how the Romans appropriated and adjusted Greek political vocabulary and practices to establish the pax Romana over the Mediterranean world. Zusammenfassung This book elucidates the many uses of the slogan of freedom by ancient Greeks, beginning with the Peloponnesian war and continuing throughout the Hellenistic period, and shows in detail how the Romans appropriated and adjusted Greek political vocabulary and practices to establish the pax Romana over the Mediterranean world.

Product details

• Authors: Sviatoslav Dmitriev, Dmitriev Sviatoslav
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2011
• EAN: 9780195375183
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537518-3
• No. of pages: 560
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Rom, Griechenland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Greece, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History - General History, Politics & government, Politics and government, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation