On the Agora: The Evolution of a Public Space in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (c. 323 BC – 267 AD)On the Agora is an innovative study of the transformation of the Greeks' most important public space for the period from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the height of the Roman Empire (c. 200 AD). |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 The Early Hellenistic Period 323BC197BC | 50 |
Chapter 2 The Late Hellenistic Period 197BC31BC | 122 |
Chapter 3 The Early Imperial Period 31BC97AD | 202 |
Chapter 4 The High Imperial Period 97AD267AD | 333 |
Chapter 5 Conclusion | 393 |
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| Title | On the Agora: The Evolution of a Public Space in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (c. 323 BC – 267 AD) Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity |
| Author | Christopher P. Dickenson |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2016 |
| ISBN | 9004334750, 9789004334755 |
| Length | 500 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / Civilization |
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