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In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology, the authors
translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a
history and analysis of the origins and development of technology
in the classical world. Sherwood and Nikolic, with Humphrey and
Oleson, provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich
and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of
technology. Among the topics covered are energy, basic mechanical
devices, hydraulic engineering, household industry, medicine and
health, transport and trade, and military technology. This fully
revised Sourcebook collects more than 1,300 passages from over 200
ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres, such as the
encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of
Homer and Hesiod, the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and
Lucretius, the agricultural treatises of Varro, Columella, and
Cato, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus,
as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic
Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects,
introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence,
notes to explain the specific details, and current bibliographies
are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman
Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students
of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the
impact of technological change on classical society.
In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology, the authors
translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a
history and analysis of the origins and development of technology
in the classical world. Sherwood and Nikolic, with Humphrey and
Oleson, provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich
and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of
technology. Among the topics covered are energy, basic mechanical
devices, hydraulic engineering, household industry, medicine and
health, transport and trade, and military technology. This fully
revised Sourcebook collects more than 1,300 passages from over 200
ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres, such as the
encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of
Homer and Hesiod, the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and
Lucretius, the agricultural treatises of Varro, Columella, and
Cato, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus,
as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic
Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects,
introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence,
notes to explain the specific details, and current bibliographies
are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman
Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students
of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the
impact of technological change on classical society.
The second volume of reports from the Caesarea Ancient Harbour
Excavation Project 1980-85 catalogues and analyzes the finds
recovered in this period, and the 1st century AD Roman ship
excavated close to shore north of the city. To combat the problems
of post-depositional sorting in a coastal underwater context seven
closed deposits are presented separately from the typological
artefact catalogues. Full discussions of artefact classes and
provenance are included.
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