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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece (The Princeton History of the Ancient World) by Josiah Ober
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9780691173146.0
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Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. A major new history of classical Greece―how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from it Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations.