ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ & ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΖΩΗ

The legends of Aristomenes, hero of the Messenian resistance to Sparta, were designed to excite, gratify and amuse. Yet they remain almost unknown even to specialist ancient historians. This book, the first monograph to be devoted to Aristomenes, redirects attention to his adventures, which at times..

This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c.150 and c.750 A.D., came to differ from Classical civilization. These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deep-rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for a..