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PLEBS ROMANA

PEOPLE, POWER AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT ROME

PETER JONES

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Publisher:
PENGUIN
Subject:
History
ISBN:
978-1-80546-510-2
Pages:
272
18,75 €
IVA included
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A short yet groundbreaking history of Ancient Rome through the eyes of the oft-forgotten people who made up the empire's majority - the Plebs.

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