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Fourteen - Epilogue

The Survival of Cities after Military Devastation: Comparing the Classical Greek and Roman Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

By
John Bintliff
Edited by
Sylvian Fachard  and
Edward M. Harris
Sylvian Fachard
Affiliation:
University of Lausanne
Edward M. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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Using archaeological survey data, this chapter compares the Greek and Roman experience of survival and recovery combining the urban and rural approaches.

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archaeological surveyGreek choraBoeotiaRoman Greece
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The Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World
Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence
 , pp. 340 - 354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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