The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom by James Romm

The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom

James Romm

288 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative medium-paced

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From classicist James Romm comes a thrilling deep 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...

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