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Progressive imperialism and the power of language - JOHN RICHARDSON, THE LANGUAGE OF EMPIRE: ROME AND THE IDEA OF EMPIRE FROM THE THIRD CENTURY B.C. TO THE SECOND CENTURY A.D. (Cambridge University Press 2008). Pp. x + 220. ISBN 978-0-521-81501-7. $99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2014

Sergio González Sánchez
Sergio González Sánchez*
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University of Leicester, [email protected]
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 27 , 2014 , pp. 535 - 538
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8 This quotation was already used by Burton (ibid. 539) to point out a very similar issue.

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