How Has the Ancient World Been Appropriated in Modernity?
Nobody owns the past, but many have sought to use it to their own ends. The use, and abuse, of ancient history has been ever-present.
‘Cyrus the Great is portrayed as a religious man and a forerunner of monotheism’
Ali Ansari, Professor of History at the University of St Andrews
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