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  • The Ancient City - Coulanges

    Born in Paris, Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830-1889) was a pioneer and creator in the use of scientific approach to the study of history in France. "The Ancient City" is his most famous book. Coulanges follows the Cartesian method, and the work is based on texts from ancient historians and poets where the author investigates the remote origins of the institutions of Greek and Roman societies. In ... Read more

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  • The Origin of Property in Land

    "The Origin of Property in Land" by Fustel de Coulanges explores the historical and philosophical foundations of land ownership. The author delves into the evolution of property rights, tracing their roots back to ancient societies. Coulanges argues that the concept of property is deeply intertwined with the social and political structures of a community. He examines how land ownership has shaped ... Read more

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  • The Origin of Property in Land: with an Introductory Chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley

    In spite of all the labour that has been spent on the early history of England, scholars are at variance upon the most fundamental of questions: the question whether that history began with a population of independent freemen or with a population of dependent serfs. Nothing less than this is at issue in the current discussions as to the existence of the “mark” and the origin of the manor; as well ... Read more

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  • The Origin of Property in Land

    Enriched edition. With an introductory chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley

    Fustel de Coulanges' "The Origin of Property in Land" delves into the intricate relationship between land ownership and social structures in ancient societies. Through a meticulous examination of historical legal frameworks, the author elucidates how property concepts evolved from communal ownership to individual rights, emphasizing the interplay between culture, religion, and law. The text is ... Read more

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  • The Origin of Property in Land

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    De Coulanges original study provided a historical view of how land has become property which was then translated and published in 1891 by M. Ashley, not just to bring this study to an English reader but to provide a counter argument to Agrarian Communism. This edition also contains an introductory chapter on the origin of the manor house in England. This title will be of interest to students of ... Read more

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  • The Ancient City - Imperium Press

    A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome

    Series series Traditionalist Histories
    In The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges hands us the skeleton key unlocking classical civilization—the Indo-European domestic cult—showing this archaic religion to be the engine behind the rise and fall of the classical world.In his foreword, Dennis Bouvard views The Ancient City through the lens of generative anthropology, pointing the way to a post-liberal understanding of our own social order, ... Read more

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  • The Ancient City

    A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome

    With this influential study, French historian Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges initiated a new approach to Greek and Roman city organization. Fustel de Coulanges' 1864 masterpiece, La Cité antique, drew upon physical evidence as well as ancient documents rather than the usual post-Classical histories. The result is a fresh, accurate, and detailed portrait of the religious, family, and civic life of ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Illustrated)

    Series Book 79 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    A historian of the first century BC, Dionysius of Halicarnassus taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for his magnum opus, ‘Roman Antiquities’. Dionysius states that his objects in writing history were to please lovers of noble deeds and to repay the benefits he had enjoyed while living in Rome, though he wrote also to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Delphi ... Read more

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    The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

    A penetrating assessment of Augustus as ancient Rome's military commander-in-chief.The words Pax Augusta—or Pax Romana—evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year between 31 BC and AD 14 the Roman Army was in action somewhere, either fighting enemies beyond the frontier in punitive raids or for outright conquest; ... Read more

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  • On Old Age (De Senectute) (Mobi Classics)

    On Old Age is an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. In addition to its profound subject matter, it has remained popular because its clear and beautiful language have made it a useful example for teaching Latin to students.The Latin title of the piece is "Cato Maior de Senectute". To lend his reflections greater import, Cicero wrote his essay such that the esteemed ... Read more

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  • Rome's Vestal Virgins

    Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, this volume offers a brand new analysis of the Vestal Virgins’ ritual function in Roman religion.Undertaking a detailed and careful analysis of ancient literary sources, Wildfang argues that the Vestals’ virginity must be understood on a variety of different levels and provides a solution to the problem of the Vestals’ peculiar legal status in ancient Rome ... Read more

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