Figures royales des mondes anciens. Archéologie Thucydides

Thucydides

pour en mesurer tout à la fois l’unité et la diversité

Editions du Chêne

The dark undercurrents that often underlie his works also testify to his fascination with death and the realm of shadows

Figures royales des mondes anciens. Archéologie ThucydidesIn the Indo European and Mediterranean worlds, royalty appears as the natural and privileged form of sovereignty. Its memory is particularly well preserved, and our modern societies have largely inherited it. Ten variations on royalty in Antiquity, from the Celtic world to the Greco Roman realm, including that of the Scythians and the Hittites, are proposed here.