Health in Antiquity (Paperback)

How healthy were people in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did they think about maintaining and restoring their health? For students of classics, history or the history of medicine, answers to these and many previously untouched questions are dealt with by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars and archaeologists. Using a multidisciplined approach, the contributors assess the issues surrounding health in the Greco-Roman world from prehistory to Christian late antiquity. Sources range from palaeodemography to patristic and from archaeology to architecture and using these, this book considers what health meant, how it was thought to be achieved, and addresses how the ancient world can be perceived as an ideal in subsequent periods of history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2005
Editors:	Helen King
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-48693-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-415-48693-9
Barcode:	9780415486934

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