Famous Firsts in the Ancient Greek and Roman World

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McFarland, 2000 - 154 páginas
Lists discoveries and "firsts" from the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome, from Aeneas's first wife to the first Roman to cultivate oysters, arranged in categories such as politics and law, mythology, literature, and military affairs.

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Introduction 17
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Mythological Firsts
7
Firsts in Politics Oratory Law Government
27
Firsts in Military and Foreign Affairs
53
Firsts in Art Architecture Literature Science
67
Miscellaneous Firsts
101
Innovations and Inventions of Noted Individuals
127
Bibliography
137
Index of Names
153
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