The sacred band, three hundred Theban lovers fighting to save Greek freedom, James Romm
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The sacred band, three hundred Theban lovers fighting to save Greek freedom, James Romm
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index
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contains biographical information
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Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The sacred band
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1201299906
Responsibility statement
James Romm
Sub title
three hundred Theban lovers fighting to save Greek freedom
Summary
Romm's dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers
Target audience
adult
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- Greece -- History -- Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C
- Homosexuality -- Greece -- History
- Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C
- Greece -- History -- Third Sacred War, 355-346 B.C
- Greece -- History, Military
- Greece -- History -- Boeotian War, 378-375 B.C
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
- II, Philip, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C
- Thebes (Greece) -- History
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- Greece -- History -- Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C
- Homosexuality -- Greece -- History
- Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C
- Greece -- History -- Third Sacred War, 355-346 B.C
- Greece -- History, Military
- Greece -- History -- Boeotian War, 378-375 B.C
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
- II, Philip, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C
- Thebes (Greece) -- History
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- Author1
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