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Monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient world. This volume offers the first substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's court. The monarchies treated are Achaemenid and Sasanian Persia, the empire of Alexander, Rome under both the early and later Caesars, the Han rulers of China and Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty. A comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchical structures of power and control. This approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early modern France
Editor(s): Spawforth A
Publication type: Edited Book
Publication status: Published
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Year: 2007
Number of Pages: 358
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place Published: Cambridge
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ISBN: 9780521874489
