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Telling, turning moments in the classical political world / Jan H. Blits.

Author/creator Blits, Jan H.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Descriptionvii, 177 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Political culture--Greece --History --To 1500.
Political culture--Rome --History.
Social change--Greece --History --To 1500.
Social change--Rome --History.
Greece--Politics and government --To 146 B.C.
Rome--Politics and government.
Greece--Politics and government --To 146 B.C. --Historiography.
Rome--Politics and government --Historiography.
Greece--Politics and government --To 146 B.C. --Sources.
Rome--Politics and government --Sources.
Contents Athens and Rome : Plutarch's Theseus and Romulus -- Redeeming lost honor : Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece -- The end of the noble -- No middle way, no second way : Rome and the Caudine Forks -- The politics of authority and rhetoric in republican Rome -- Political murder in Rome -- Power without office, office without power : Augustus's Principate -- Afterword: Greece versus Rome -- Appendix.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Blits, Jan H. Telling, turning moments in the classical political world. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011
LCCN 2010038569
ISBN9780739164495 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN073916449X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739164518 (electronic)
ISBN0739164511 (electronic)

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