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Hostages and hostage-taking in the Roman Empire / Joel Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Joel, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--Foreign relations.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- International relations.
- Hostages--Rome.
- Hostages.
- Ethnicity--Rome.
- Ethnicity.
- Politics and literature--Rome.
- Politics and literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Creditor-collateral
- Host-guest
- Conqueror-trophy
- Father-son
- Teacher-student
- Masculine-feminine
- Polybius as a hostage
- Tacitus on hostage-taking and heroism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0521861837
- OCLC:
- 62872822
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521861830
- Online:
- Publisher description
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