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A COMPANION TO THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Edited by
Valentina Arena
University College London London, England
Jonathan Prag
University of Oxford Oxford, England
Jonathan Prag
University of Oxford Oxford, England
with Assistant Editor
Andrew Stiles
This edition first published 2022
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