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The Birth of Politics : Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter LimitedStock ' New York Times'A spectacularlyAuthor(s): Lane, Melissa Binding: Paperback, Date of Publication: 16 08 2016, Pagination: 400 pages, 4 tables. 3 maps., ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780691173092, Description: In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of our political concepts from Socrates to