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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Disciplina: 610/.93
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Greek and Roman; Urban health - Rome; Urban health - Greece
• Altri autori: HopeValerie M. <1968-> MarshallEireann <1967->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Death and disease in the ancient city
• ISBN: 1-134-61155-2; 1-134-61156-0; 1-280-05652-5; 9786610056521; 0-203-45295-X; 0-203-26288-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828208003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II