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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Language: en
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Pages: 479
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-23 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Analyses how the democracy of the classical Athenians revolutionized military practices and underwrote their unprecedented commitment to war-making.
Language: en
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Pages: 329
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 280
Pages: 280
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