Feeding the Democracy The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC |
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| Author:
| Moreno, Alfonso |
| Series title: | Oxford Classical Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-922840-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $344.50AUD $301.00 |
Book Description:
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Alfonso Moreno presents a sweeping re-interpretation of the economy and society of ancient Athens, showing how the city depended for its survival on a supply of grain from overseas sources. The need for grain determined Athenian foreign policy, prompting military conquest, and revealing a Greek world as globalized as our own.
Alfonso Moreno presents a sweeping re-interpretation of the economy and society of ancient Athens, showing how the city depended for its survival on a supply of grain from overseas sources. The need for grain determined Athenian foreign policy, prompting military conquest, and revealing a Greek world as globalized as our own.