Название: Ancient Syracuse: From Foundation to Fourth Century Collapse
Автор: Richard Evans
Издательство: Routledge
ISBN: 1472419375
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 260
Размер: 3,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
Syracuse possesses a unique place in the history of the ancient Mediterranean because of its contribution to Greek culture and political thought and practice. Even in the first century BC Cicero could still declare ’You have often heard that of all the Greek cities Syracuse is the greatest and most beautiful.’ Sicily’s strategic location in the Mediterranean brought the city prosperity and power, placing it in the first rank of states in the ancient world.