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The End of the Past: Ancient Rome and the Modern West

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The End of the Past: Ancient Rome and the Modern West - Schiavone, Aldo, and Schneider, Margery J (Translated by)
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Western history is split into two discontinuous eras, Aldo Schiavone tells us: the ancient world was fundamentally different from the modern one. He locates the essential difference in a series of economic factors: a slave-based economy, relative lack of mechanization and technology, the dominance of agriculture over urban industry.

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The End of the Past: Ancient Rome and the Modern West 2002, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674009837

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The End of the Past: Ancient Rome and the Modern West 2000, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9780674000629

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