The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter Richard Weatherby both in the United States

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For nearly seventeen years (1983-2000)

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The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter Richard Weatherby both in the United StatesA lively and accessible introduction to the Greek and Roman origins of our political ideas In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of our political concepts from Socrates to Plutarch to Cicero, Lane reminds us that the birth of politics was a