Geoffrey de Ste Croix, who has died aged 89, was one of the most distinguished and unusual ancient historians of his or any other generation. The vigour of his writing sprang from righteous indignation at the propertied classes' exploitation of the less fortunate: the way that fat cats have flourished at the expense of lean mice.
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- Geoffrey Ernest Maurice
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Historian who unravelled the mysteries of the class struggle in the ancient world and the decline of the Roman empire.
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