Ancient slavery and modern ideology /

✍ Scribed by M. I. Finley.

Publisher: Viking Press
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Leaves: 216
Edition: Expanded ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Investigates how slavery functioned in the Greek and Roman civilizations and analyzes the reactions of modern historians to the concept

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