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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828208003321

Titolo

Death and disease in the ancient city / / edited by Valerie M. Hope and Eireann Marshall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-61155-2

1-134-61156-0

1-280-05652-5

9786610056521

0-203-45295-X

0-203-26288-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HopeValerie M. <1968->

MarshallEireann <1967->

Disciplina

610/.93

Soggetti

Medicine, Greek and Roman

Urban health - Rome

Urban health - Greece

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 174-189 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; DEATH AND DISEASE IN THE ANCIENT CITY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 DEATH AND DISEASE IN CYRENE; 3 SICKNESS IN THE BODY POLITIC; 4 POLIS NOSOUSA; 5 DEATH AND EPIDEMIC DISEASE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS; 6 MEDICAL THOUGHTS ON URBAN POLLUTION; 7 TOWNS AND MARSHES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD*; 8 ON THE MARGINS OF THE CITY OF ROME; 9 CONTEMPT AND RESPECT; 10 DEALING WITH THE DEAD; 11 DEATH-POLLUTION AND FUNERALS IN THE CITY OF ROME; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment.