Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook of Translated Greek and Roman Texts 2nd Edition

Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook of Translated Greek and Roman Texts 2nd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781315682181,1315682184,9781317402404, 1317402405

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1317402405
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781317402404
• Author: Andrew N. Sherwood, Milorad Nikolic , John W. Humphrey, John P. Oleson

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.

Table contents:

1 The rise of humans and human technology

2 Sources of energy and basic mechanical devices

3 Agriculture

4 Food processing

5 Mining and quarrying

6 Metallurgy

7 Sculpture

8 Construction engineering

9 Hydraulic engineering

10 Household crafts, health and well-being, and workshop production

11 Transport and trade

12 Record-keeping

13 Military technology

14 Attitudes towards labour, innovation, and technology

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