The tools of Asclepius : surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times /
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With The Tools of Asclepius Lawrence Bliquez offers the first comprehensive treatment in English of the instruments and paraphernalia employed by Greco-Roman surgeons since John St. Milne's Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times (1907). Introductory sections cover topics ranging from literary and archaeological sources to the design, materials and production of instruments and the training and practice of the doctors-surgeons who used them. Summaries of Hippocratic and Hellenistic surgery lead to the meat of the book: tools used during the Roman Empire. These are presented by category (e.g. Cutting Instruments) broken into subcategories (Scalpel, Lithotome, et cetera). A substantial appendix deals with biodegradable items, such as suppositories. Much new material is featured and the book is richly illustrated.
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1 online resource (xxxv, 439 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004283596 :
0925-1421 ; :
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Speaking volumes : orality and literacy in the Greek and Roman world /
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This volume examines orality and literacy in the ancient Greek and Roman world through a range of perspectives and in various genres. Four essays on the Homeric epics present recent research into performative aspects of language, cognitive theory and oral composition, a re-evaluation of Parry's oral-formulaic theory, and a new perspective on the poem's transmission. These are complemented by studies of the oral nature of Greek proverbial expressions, and of poetic authority within a fluid oral tradition. Two essays consider the significance of the written word in a predominantly oral culture, in relation to star calendars and to Panathenaic inscriptions. Finally, two chapters consider the ongoing influence of oral tradition in the ancient novel and in Roman declamation. These essays illustrate the importance of considering ancient texts in the context of fluctuating oral and literate influences.
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1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-228) and index. :
9789004351028 :
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Shipwrecks, Legal Landscapes and Mediterranean Paradigms : Gone Under Sea /
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This book changes our understanding of the Roman conceptions about the sea by placing the focus on shipwrecks as events that act as bridges between the sea and the land. The study explores the different Roman legal definitions of these spaces, and how individuals of divergent legal statuses interacted within these areas. Its main purpose is to chart and analyse the Roman conception of the maritime landscape from the Late Republican until the Severan period. This book integrates maritime history and ethnography with the physical remains of past maritime systems, such as shipwrecks, ports, villages, fortifications, and documented legal rulings.
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This book challenges the Roman conceptions about the sea and maritime landscapes by placing the focus on shipwrecks as events that act as bridges between sea and land. It studies legal literature through the lens of the maritime cultural landscape theory.
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Universidad de Alicante, 2014) issued under title: El edicto de incendio ruina naufragio rate nave expugnata (D. 47, 9, 1) : responsabilidad penal por cuestión de naufragio, :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004515802
9789004514980
Le commerce de céramiques fines à ammaia, une ville du sud de la Lusitanie (50 - 550 Apr. J.-C.) /
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This volume presents the entire assemblage of fine wares (terra sigillata, lamps and thin-walled wares) from Ammaia, a Roman and Late Antique town located in the hinterland of southern Lusitania (presently in Portuguese territory).
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696844 (PDF ebook) :
Fragile hierarchies : the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt /
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2003.
OCLC 62921084 :
353 pages : map ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-338) and index. :
9004148310
9789004148314
Fragile hierarchies : the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt /
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Fragile Hierarchies deals with the world of the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt. It discusses economic, social and demographic aspects of the position of the elites of the small towns that dotted the Nile. The work combines analysis of Greek papyri with modelling techniques used in ancient history. The first part of the book analyses patterns of urbanisation, property relations and their consequences for elite formation. The second part discusses demographic aspects, patterns of inheritance and their consequences for continuity and discontinuity. The central argument of the book is that a strong social and economic hierarchy occurred side by side with a dynamic pattern of elite renewal.
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1 online resource (353 pages) : map. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index. :
9789047417590 :
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A study of the deposition and distribution of copper alloy vessels in Roman Britain /
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This work collects together data concerning copper alloy vessels from Roman Britain and relates this evidence to prevailing theories of consumption, identity and culture change in Britain during this time. The aims of this study are to collect a catalogue of copper alloy vessels from England and Wales, categorise them by form, typology, context, chronology and geographic distribution, offer interpretations concerning their cultural associations, manners of consumption, functionality and development over time before commenting upon their value as small finds material reflective of culture change more broadly within Britain during the Roman period.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784911812 (PDF ebook) :
Funerary archaeology and changing identities : community practices in Roman-period Sardinia /
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This work analyses in detail the funerary evidence from burial sites in southern and central Sardinia, proposing an alternative interpretation of the island and of other Roman Provinces in which local communities played an active and creative role in shaping back the Roman-world within the specific material and historical conditions they lived in.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781789690019 (ebook) :
Die sieben Klimata und die [Poleis episimoi (romanized form)] : eine Untersuchung zur Geschichte der Geographie und Astrologie im Altertum und Mittelalter /
: "Mit Unterstützung der Notgemeinschaft der deutschen Wissenschaft und des Forschungsinstituts für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaft." : 247 pages : diagrams, tables ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index.