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Current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. Draws upon scholarship in The Dictionary of Art (1996), and contains dozens of newly commissioned entries on recent archaeological discoveries, a fully updated bibliography, and over 600 illustrations.
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.