Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook. Annotated translations of Greek and Latin texts and documents

by: Humphrey, J.W. Oleson, J.P. Sherwood, A.N.

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Book Description
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.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Society and Technology in Antiquity
Literary Sources for Ancient Technology
Archaeology as a Source for the History of Technology
Ancient Weights, Measures, and Coinage
1 The Rise of Humans and Human Technology

2 Sources of Energy and Basic Mechanical Devices

Sources of Energy and Prime Movers
Basic Machines
Mechanical Gadgets
3 Agriculture

4 Food Processing

5 Mining and Quarrying

Mining
Quarrying
6 Metallurgy

7 Sculpture

8 Construction Engineering

9 Hydraulic Engineering

10 Household Crafts, Health and Well-Being, and Workshop Production

Metal-Working
Wood-Working
Textiles and Leather
Ceramics and Glass
Applied Chemistry
Health and Well-Being
Large-Scale, Organized Production
11 Transport and Trade

Land Transport
Navigation
Standards of Trade
12 Record-Keeping

Time-Keeping
Writing and Literacy
13 Military Technology

14 Attitudes towards Labour, Innovation, and Technology

Indexes

Index of Passages Translated
Subject Index

Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook. Annotated translations of Greek and Latin texts and documents

by: Humphrey, J.W. Oleson, J.P. Sherwood, A.N.

• ISBN-13: 9780415061377 / 978-0-415-06137-7
• ISBN-03: 0415061377 / 0-415-06137-7
• Routledge, London, 1998

Price: 65,00 EURO

1 copy in stock