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An innovative work on the plebs in late-antique North Africa - JULIO CESAR MAGALHÃES DE OLIVEIRA, POTESTAS POPULI. PARTICIPATION POPULAIRE ET ACTION COLLECTIVE DANS LES VILLES DE L’AFRIQUE ROMAINE TARDIVE (vers 300-430 apr. J.-C.) (Bibliothèque de l’Antiquité Tardive 24; Brepols, Turnhout 2012). Pp. 377, figs. 32, map. ISBN 978-2-503-54646-9. EUR 75,00.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 November 2014
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