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On the liberties of the ancients: licentiousness, equal rights, and the rule of law

Dan Edelsteina Department of French and Italian, Stanford University, Stanford, USAView further author information
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Benjamin Straumannb Department of History, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1037-1060 | Published online: 21 Apr 2023

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