Slave Revolts in Antiquity.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781315478791
- 306.3/62
- HT863.U73 2008
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- The ancient Mediterranean -- 1 The significance of slave revolts -- 2 Preparing for revolt -- 3 Maintaining resistance -- 4 The role of the leader -- 5 The ideology of the slaves -- 6 Sympathy for the slaves: Diodorus Siculus -- 7 The secret of the success of the Spartan helots -- 8 Slave revolts in the ancient historiography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Challenges the orthodoxy and argues that there were many more slave revolts than is usually assumed and they were far from insignificant historically. This book argues that we need to look beyond the canonical sources and episodes to see a bigger history of long-term resistance of slaves to their enslavement.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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