raaflaub's rome

History is both timely (insofar as its interpretation served the specific needs of the author's time) and timeless (insofar as it focused on the basic problems of human and communal, social, and political relations). 

Between Myth and History: Rome’s Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264)

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