Texts in Context: Punic Wars on Purple Seas
The conflict of the Roman orders had ended; the conflict that created the “Roman world” was about to begin.
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Texts in Context: Senatus Populusque Romanus
Rome had rid herself of kings. Ridding herself of tyrants was another matter.
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Texts in Context: The Seven Kings of Rome
Texts in Context:The Seven Kings of Rome By Gabriel Blanchard All roads lead to Rome, they say, and the student of its history is apt to retort that
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Texts in Context: Hellenistic Religion
Texts in Context:Hellenistic Religion By Gabriel Blanchard We here take final look over the Hellenistic age, focusing on the religious atmosphere between Alexander and Actium. 5. Hellenistic Religion:
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Texts in Context: Just What Was the Hellenistic Period?
As Dickens put it: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. At least, one assumes it could have been someone’s best of times; we know more about the other one.
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Texts in Context: Aristotle and Alexander
In less than twenty years, Alexander the Great transfigured the world and its future.
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Texts in Context: The Legacy of Socrates
Death is normally the end of a person’s story; but for a small handful of figures, Socrates among them, things only get more interesting afterwards.
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Texts in Context: Thirty Tyrants and One Nuisance
Socrates, though executed five years later, was arguably the last victim of the Thirty Tyrants.
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Texts in Context: The Visitation of the Furies
“Pride goeth before a fall”; and Athens had much to be proud of in 431 BC.
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Texts in Context: The World of Pericles
Having driven the Persians off after the Battle of Platæa, Athens entered upon its classical era par excellence.
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