Moses I. Finley Quote

In Rome much pamphleteering took the form of verses and songs, circulated orally, or of libelli, defamatory placards or broadsheets (whence our word "libel").


Chapter 5, Censorship in Classical Antiquity, p. 150 - Democracy Ancient And Modern (Second Edition) (1985)


In Rome much pamphleteering took the form of verses and songs, circulated orally, or of libelli, defamatory placards or broadsheets (whence our word...

In Rome much pamphleteering took the form of verses and songs, circulated orally, or of libelli, defamatory placards or broadsheets (whence our word...

In Rome much pamphleteering took the form of verses and songs, circulated orally, or of libelli, defamatory placards or broadsheets (whence our word...

In Rome much pamphleteering took the form of verses and songs, circulated orally, or of libelli, defamatory placards or broadsheets (whence our word...