Technology and Culture in Greek and Roman Antiquity

by: Cuomo, S.

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Technology and culture in Greek and Roman antiquity

Author: S. Cuomo

Summary:Through five case-studies, this book sets ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context. It explores the definition of the techne of medicine in classical Athens, the development of new military technology in Hellenistic times, the self-image of technicians through funerary art in the early Roman Empire, the resolution of boundary disputes in the early second century AD, and the status of architecture and architects in late antiquity. It deploys a wide range of sources, from technical treatises to philosophical texts and the works of historians and playwrights, as well as epigraphical and archaeological evidence, to reconstruct a dialectic picture of ancient technology, where several ancient points of view are described and analysed, and their interaction examined. Dr. Cuomo argues for the centrality of technology to the ancient world-picture, and for its extraordinarily rich political, social, economic, and religious significance.

Series:
Key themes in ancient history

xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:
The definition of techne in classical Athens
The Hellenistic military revolution
Death and the craftsman
Boundary disputes in the Roman Empire
Architects of late antiquity

Subjects:
Antike
Geschichte
Greece
Griechenland
History
Klassieke oudheid
Kultur
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Technik
Technologie
Technologie Rome Histoire
Technology
Technology Greece History To 1500
Technology Rome History
Technology and civilization
Technology and civilization History To 1500
Tecnologia Grecia antica
Tecnologia Roma antica
To 1500

Technology and Culture in Greek and Roman Antiquity

by: Cuomo, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780521009034 / 978-0-521-00903-4
• ISBN-03: 0521009030 / 0-521-00903-0
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

Price: 22,00 EURO

(in stock)