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The Ancient Messenians: Constructions of Ethnicity and Memory Luraghi, Nino (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
The Ancient Messenians: Constructions of Ethnicity and Memory
Luraghi, Nino (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
Traces the history of Messenian ethnicity from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. Once Messenia became independent from Sparta, its inhabitants reinvented their past history. Using archaeological and literary evidence, this book investigates the recreation of the past and its implications for the ethnic memory of the Messenians.
404 pages, 10 b/w illus. 5 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 1, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521855877 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 404 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 234 × 30 mm · 780 g |
| Language | English |