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The standard image of Sparta is of an egalitarian, military society which disdained material possessions. Yet property and wealth played a crucial role in her history. Classical Sparta's success rested on a compromise between rich and poor citizens. Economic differences were masked by a uniform lifestyle and a communal sharing of resources. Over time, however, increasing inequalities led to a plutocratic society and to the decline of Spartan power. Using an innovative combination of historical, archaeological, ands ociological methods, Stephen Hodkinson challenges traditional views of Spartan isolation from general Greek culture.
Wealth --- Equality --- Civilization. --- Economic history. --- Economic policy. --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Economic aspects --- Economic aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Sparta (Extinct city) --- Economic conditions. --- History.
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In the past twenty years the study of Sparta has come of age. Images prevalent earlier in the 20th century, of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superseded by more complex scholarly reactions. As interest has grown in the self-images projected by this most secretive of Greek cities, increasing attention has focused on how individual Greek writers from other states reacted to information, or disinformation about Sparta.The studies in this volume provide new insights into the traditional historians' question, ""What actually happened at Sparta?"". But the
Literature and history --- Greek literature --- Cities and towns in literature --- History --- Congresses --- History and criticism --- Sparta (Extinct city) --- In literature --- -Literature and history --- -Cities and towns in literature --- -History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- Balkan literature --- Byzantine literature --- Classical literature --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- -Congresses --- -Lacedaemon (Extinct city) --- Lakedaímon (Extinct city) --- Sparta (Ancient city) --- Greece --- Antiquities --- -History and criticism --- -In literature --- -Balkan literature --- History and literature --- History and criticism&delete& --- History&delete& --- Lacedaemon (Extinct city) --- Congresses. --- Sparta (Extinct city) in literature --- Literature and history - Greece - History - Congresses --- Greek literature - History and criticism - Congresses --- Cities and towns in literature - Congresses --- Sparta (Extinct city) - In literature - Congresses
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Democractic Athens is often viewed as the model ancient Greek state. However, there were many forms of political community in Greek antiquity. This text highlights the immense flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilisation and politics.
Greece --- Grèce --- Politics and government --- History --- Politique et gouvernement --- Histoire --- -Greece --- Grèce --- Comparative government. --- Greece - Politics and government - To 146 B.C
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Stadstaten. --- Griekse oudheid. --- Geschichte. --- Kongress. --- Sparta (Extinct city) --- Sparte (Ville ancienne) --- Grèce --- Sparta. --- Sparte (ville ancienne) --- Social conditions --- Politics and government --- History --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- Histoire --- Recueils d'articles.
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Slaves have never been mere passive victims of slavery. Typically, they have responded with ingenuity to their violent separation from their native societies, using a variety of strategies to create new social networks and cultures. Religion has been a ma
Slavery --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- Religious aspects. --- Enslaved persons
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This volume contains eighteen essays by established and younger historians that examine non-democratic alternative political systems and ideologies--oligarchies, monarchies, mixed constitutions--along with diverse forms of communal and regional associations such as ethnoi, amphiktyonies, and confederacies. The papers, which span the length and breadth of the Hellenic world highlight the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization.
Greece --- Politics and government --- Comparative government.
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Sparta (Extinct city) --- Peloponnesus (Greece : Peninsula) --- Civilization. --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions.
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