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Sacred band : three hundred Theban lovers fighting to save Greek freedom /

The story of the Sacred Band, an elite 300-man corps recruited from pairs of lovers, highlights a chaotic era of ancient Greek history, four decades marked by battles, ideological disputes and the rise of vicious strongmen. At stake was freedom, democracy, and the fate of Thebes, at this time the le...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romm, James S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, [2021]
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Philip > II, > King of Macedonia, > 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Homosexuality > Greece > History.
Greece > History > Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C.
Greece > History > Boeotian War, 378-375 B.C.
Greece > History > Third Sacred War, 355-346 B.C.
Greece > History, Military.
Thebes (Greece) > History.
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.

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Call Number: DF231.2 .R66 2021
 
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