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An environmental history of ancient Greece and Rome / Lukas Thommen ; translated by Philip Hill.

By:

Thommen, Lukas

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Edition: Revised English editionDescription: xi, 186 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780521174657 (pbk.)
9781107002166 (hbk.)

Uniform titles:

Umweltgeschichte der Antike. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.20938 THO 23 010047

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

Pt. I. Greece. 1. The geographic space : The polis and the chora: the city and its countryside ; The era of colonisation ; The Hellenistic kingdoms ; Climate, coastlines and estuaries -- 2. People and nature -- 3. Agriculture -- 4. Forests and timber -- 5. Gardens -- 6. Animals -- 7. Food : Basic foods ; The symbolism of food: beans and fish -- 8. Fire and water : Mythology ; Science: the four elements ; Hydraulic engineering and water poisoning -- 9. Earthquakes and volcanoes -- 10. Mining -- pt. II. Rome. 11. The geographic space : Rome and Italy ; The Roman Empire ; The Roman roads -- 12. People and nature -- 13. Agriculture -- 14. Forests and timber -- 15. Gardens -- 16. Animals -- 17. Food -- 18. Fire and water : Fires in Rome ; The water supply and sewage system of Rome ; Hydraulic engineering, water poisoning and lead problems -- 19. Earthquakes and volcanoes : Earthquakes ; The eruption of Vesuvius -- 20. Mining -- 21. Urban problems and rural villa construction : Housing and urban sanitation in Rome ; Rural villa construction in Italy -- 22. The environment in Roman Britain : The geographic space ; Agriculture, forestry and industry ; Military camps, cities and villas -- Chronology.

Summary: Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity.

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"Originally published in German by Verlag C.H. Beck ... München, 2009, as Umweltgeschichte der Antike"--T.p. verso.

Based on Umweltgeschichte der Antike, somewhat expanded and with chapter 22, The environment in Roman Britain, added.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Greece. 1. The geographic space : The polis and the chora: the city and its countryside ; The era of colonisation ; The Hellenistic kingdoms ; Climate, coastlines and estuaries --
2. People and nature --
3. Agriculture --
4. Forests and timber --
5. Gardens --
6. Animals --
7. Food : Basic foods ; The symbolism of food: beans and fish --
8. Fire and water : Mythology ; Science: the four elements ; Hydraulic engineering and water poisoning --
9. Earthquakes and volcanoes --
10. Mining --
pt. II. Rome. 11. The geographic space : Rome and Italy ; The Roman Empire ; The Roman roads --
12. People and nature --
13. Agriculture --
14. Forests and timber --
15. Gardens --
16. Animals --
17. Food --
18. Fire and water : Fires in Rome ; The water supply and sewage system of Rome ; Hydraulic engineering, water poisoning and lead problems --
19. Earthquakes and volcanoes : Earthquakes ; The eruption of Vesuvius --
20. Mining --
21. Urban problems and rural villa construction : Housing and urban sanitation in Rome ; Rural villa construction in Italy --
22. The environment in Roman Britain : The geographic space ; Agriculture, forestry and industry ; Military camps, cities and villas --
Chronology.

Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity.

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