Buy Both and Save 12%! The Ancient City synthesizes ancient documents and physical evidence to build an account of religious, family, and civic life of Periclean Athens and Rome during the time of Cicero. Athletics in the Ancient World emphasizes relationship between Greek and Roman athletics and religion, art, and education.
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