Asylia territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world /
In the Hellenistic period certain Greek temples and cities came to be declared "sacred and inviolable," meaning immune from war. A famous passage of Tacitus describes the appeals of many cities for Roman confirmation of the title. The evidence for this phenomenon - mainly inscriptions and...
Main Author: | Rigsby, Kent J., 1945- |
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Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English Ancient Greek |
Published: |
Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
[1996]
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvii, 672 pages) : illustrations. |
Series: |
Hellenistic culture and society ;
22. |
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CMU Electronic Access
Electronic Resource Click HereLocation | Call Number: | Status |
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CMU Electronic Access | Available |