Ancient History from Below Subaltern Experiences and Actions in Context

"This trail-blazing volume...offers an innovative bottom-up perspective on the Ancient World. ...This book aims to rewrite not only the past from an innovative perspective, but also the future of the discipline on the key value of intersectionality, reminding the entire scientific community that a writing history is a political act: it has always been an act of power, but it could also become an act of social justice." - New England Classical Journal

"[This book] contributes to advancing the movement to re-evaluate ancient popular cultures that has been underway for two decades, following what has been taking place for longer in other periods in line with the work of Howard Zinn among others. Their study is also a manifesto for a "bottom-up" approach to ancient history, whereas the nature of our sources, the context of writing and the social identity of historians have long favored a top-down approach. Brent D. Shaw offers in his preface a historiographical panorama shedding light on the difficulties of such a history but also its perspectives and its challenges." - Clément Bur, Anabases

"...the volume is a bracing challenge to anyone working on the ancient Mediterranean world. Most of the contributions ask big questions and propose answers through the analysis of specific and detailed data. As a whole it represents a sophisticated international collaboration that rewards careful consideration." - Gnomon