audiobook The Imperial Cult in the Latin West: Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire; Volume I; Parts 1 and 2 (Religions in the ... Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain) (v. 1) by Duncan Fishwick in History

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This volume on Thucydides; the most important historian of the ancient world; comprises articles by thirty leading international scholars. The contributions cover a wide range of issues; including Thucydides' life; intellectual milieu and predecessors; Thucydides and the act of writing; his rhetoric; historical method and narrative techniques; narrative unity in the History; the speeches; Thucydides' reliability as a historian; and his legacy through the centuries. Other topics dealt with include warfare; religion; individuals; democracy and oligarchy; the invention of political science; Thucydides and Athens; Sparta; Macedonia/Thrace; Sicily/South Italy; Persia; and the Argives. The volume aims to provide a survey of current trends in Thucydidean studies which will be of interest to all students of ancient history. Brill's Companion to Thucydides was awarded Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007.