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Autore: | Hannah Robert |
Titolo: | Greek and Roman calendars : constructions of time in the classical world / / Robert Hannah |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina: | 529.30938 |
Soggetto topico: | Astronomy |
Calendar, Greek | |
Calendar, Roman | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-164) and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Astronomy and Calendars; 2. Early Greek Calendars; 3. Classical Greek Calendars; 4. Synchronisms; 5. The Calendars of Rome; 6. Afterwords; Select Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; S; T; V; X; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
Sommario/riassunto: | The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. The story of these calendars is one of a continuous struggle to maintain a correspondence with the regularity of the seasons and the sun, d |
Titolo autorizzato: | Greek and Roman calendars |
ISBN: | 1-84966-751-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821187703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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