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Walter Scheidel, "What Is Ancient History?" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

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How Classics Dominated and Its Limits

A history of why Greek and Roman classics became central in education, institutional incentives behind that rise, and a critique of superficial globalizing efforts like the 'Global Middle Ages.'

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