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Book Title: Rethinking The Other In Antiquity
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Name: Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Historiography, Ancient / General, Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Emigration & Immigration, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Erich S. Gruen
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Martin Classical Lectures
Format: Trade Paperback
