discoveries and controversies Finley, M. I. (Moses I.) 1912- creator text enk Harmondsworth, UK Penguin 1977 2nd ed. monographic eng

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216p ; maps ; pbk ; 19cm. Contents : Introduction : Desperately foreign -- The rediscovery of Crete -- Lost : the Trojan War -- Silver tongue -- Thucydides the moralist -- Socrates and Athens -- Plato and the practical politics -- Diogenes the Cynic -- Etruscheria -- The Etruscans and Rome -- The silent women of Rome -- The Emperor Diocletian -- Manpower and the fall of Rome -- Aulos Kapreilios Timotheos, slave trader -- Christian beginnings : three views of historiography : 1 Allegory and influence; 2. The primitive church; 3. The Jews and the death of Jesus. -- The year one. M.I. Finley. Previous ed.: London : Chatto and Windus, 1968. Includes bibliographical references and index. LO/U17. History, Ancient 930/FIN 0140215093 UkLU 010802 20120530093054.0 0140215093