We, to some degree, are lik... by Donald Kagan, an American Historian

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“We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics.”

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Name: Donald Kagan

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: 1932

Profession: Historian

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