Timoleon and the Revival of Greek Sicily: 344-317 B.C. Tapa dura - 1975

Cambridge University Press, 1975. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0521204194

Cambridge University Press, 1974. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0521204194

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 1975. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xii & 235 pp. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover, with slight sunning to spine. Price clipped. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient & Classical Studies).

Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0521204194 . DJ is price-clipped. Light spotting to DJ. Slight sticker remnants to back panel. Very light foxing to textblock. ; 246 pages; Dispatched to Sicily in 344 BC as an elderly man at the head of a small, motley band of mercenaries, Timoleon had no experience of the island. Yet, in less than eight years Timoleon overthrew tyrants, expelled the Carthaginians, and introduced peace, prosperity and constitutional government to an area which for decades had known only disorder. The peace he had brought was broken after his death, and tyranny returned in 317 BC; but the prosperity which he had set in motion continued to increase well into the third century. Dr Talbert has deliberately avoided the temptation to write a biography, and has confined himself to coverage of those aspects of Timeleon's work for which some evidence survives. He examines closely the uneven and frequently eulogistic accounts left… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.