Bribing Local Spirits or Roman Rubbish: Context in Archaeology Deciding whether a find is an object of extreme importance...
Have all the libraries of Timbuktu been lost? An excerpt taken from a lecture by Robin Walker called...
In the beginning: the Roman, the Viking and the Norman Conquests As an island people, the inhabitants of Britain were repeatedly...
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question...
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
Ten Things You Really Should Know About Ancient Greek Democracy Myths abound about ancient Greek democracy – actually, there was no such thing. That is, there was no such one thing.
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Oligarchs and Their Discontents Oligarchical factions in Athens twice succeeded in taking power within...