LEADER 02483nam 2200577 a 450 001 996217850203316 005 20230617041151.0 010 $a1-280-75917-8 010 $a9786610759170 010 $a0-19-153233-9 010 $a1-4237-8666-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375209 035 $a(EBL)728960 035 $a(OCoLC)70222051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088778 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127203 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088778 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083212 035 $a(PQKB)11629863 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073786 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728960 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036843 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7036843 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375209 100 $a20040614d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPliny the Elder's natural history$b[electronic resource] $ethe empire in the encyclopedia /$fTrevor Murphy 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-171900-5 311 $a0-19-926288-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-223) and index. 327 $aContents; Abbreviations; Introduction: Encyclopedia as Artefact; I. Reading the Natural History; II. The Ethnographies of the Natural History; Conclusion: Encyclopedias and Monuments; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe most important surviving encyclopedia from the ancient world, Pliny the Elder's Natural History is unparalleled as a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in first-century Rome. As part of a new direction in classical scholarship, Trevor Murphy reads the work not just for the information it contains, but to understand how and why Pliny collects and presents information as he does. Concentrating on the geographic and ethnographic information in Pliny, Murphydemonstrates the work's political importance. The selection and arrangement of the encyclopedia's material show that it is 606 $aEthnology 607 $aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D 615 0$aEthnology. 676 $a937.06 700 $aMurphy$b Trevor Morgan$0622371 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996217850203316 996 $aPliny the Elder's Natural history$91105680 997 $aUNISA