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James Fraser is Curator: Ancient Levant and Anatolia, Department of the Middle East, British Museum and Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023.

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor in Ancient History at Cardiff University and Director of the Ancient Iran Program for the British Institute of Persian Studies. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (2022).

Henry Bishop-Wright is Project Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023.

Table of Contents
Forewords
Introduction
1. Feasting like kings: luxury in Achaemenid Persia — Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
2. Guilty pleasures: luxury in classical Athens - James Fraser
3. Power and prestige in Alexander’s empire and its successor kingdoms - Henry Bishop-Wright
Notes and bibliography
Acknowledgements, picture credits and index

Luxury and power

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      Publisher: British Museum Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9780714111964, 978-0714111964
      ISBN10: 0714111961
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      James Fraser is Curator: Ancient Levant and Anatolia, Department of the Middle East, British Museum and Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023.

      Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor in Ancient History at Cardiff University and Director of the Ancient Iran Program for the British Institute of Persian Studies. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (2022).

      Henry Bishop-Wright is Project Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023.

      Table of Contents
      Forewords
      Introduction
      1. Feasting like kings: luxury in Achaemenid Persia — Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
      2. Guilty pleasures: luxury in classical Athens - James Fraser
      3. Power and prestige in Alexander’s empire and its successor kingdoms - Henry Bishop-Wright
      Notes and bibliography
      Acknowledgements, picture credits and index

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