Ancient History Magazine 58 (pre-order)

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In antiquity, Southern Italy was a prominent destination for Greek colonists. However, numerous people already lived in the region. The Greeks sometimes peacefully coexisted with these tribes — and sometimes came into conflict with them.

Theme: Magna Graecia

Richard Evans, 'Syracusan democracy - A fragile start and a feeble end'.

Edwar Herring, 'From imports to indigenous ware - Magna Graecia's red-figure pottery'.

Sosseh Assaturian, 'Eleatic philosophy - The birth of ancient Greek metaphysics'.

Mark Thatcher, 'Conflict and compromise - Greeks and non-Greeks in Italy'.

Richard Evans, 'Caught between fact and fiction - The Achaean colony of Sybaris'.

Emmanouil Peponas, 'The theatre in Magna Graecia - A creative frontier'.

Kathryn Lomas, 'The conquest of Magna Graecia - The coming of Rome'.

Features:

Michael Carter, 'Morituri te salutant! Aut non - Death (and life) in the gladiatorial arena'.

Sem van Atteveld, 'Local industry - The impact of Tyrian purple production'.

Adriano Orsingher, 'Worn, hung, offered - Phoenician and Punic masks'.

Alexander Thein, 'Sulla's dictatorship - Lawgiving, patronage, social mobility'.

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