Combining sociological acumen with solid historical craftsmanship,
Ste. Croix provides a new and insightful account of the major
institutions, social groups, and historical developments of some
1,400 years of Greco-Roman civilization,... and the result... is
not only one of the finest studies on classical society to date but
also a major contribution to historical sociology.
*American Journal of Sociology*
This book is one of the most exciting, provocative, and challenging
works on ancient history to have appeared in recent times and is of
immense importance to all historians of the Graeco-Roman world....
Because of the great wealth of insights brought to bear on a
multiplicity of topics, no one in the future will be able to
neglect the book and its major theme, the exploitation by a
propertied elite of the bulk of the ancient population.
*American Journal of Philology*
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