“The decay of the creative forces in the bourgeoisie was due... to the fact that the state was becoming more and more the master of the economic and social life.”

Michael Rostovtzeff

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About Michael Rostovtzeff

Historian Russian-American

Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff was a renowned Russian-American historian who became one of the twentieth century's leading authorities on ancient Roman and Greek history. After a distinguished academic career in Russia,...

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