The Sacred Band

Author	: James Romm
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages	: 320
Release	: 2021-06-08
ISBN-10	: 9781501198014
ISBN-13	: 1501198017
Rating	: 4/5 (017 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis The Sacred Band by : James Romm

Download or read book The Sacred Band written by James Romm and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romm's dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.

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