An environmental history of ancient Greece and Rome /
In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. O...
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Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Greece. 1. The geographic space : The polis and the chora: the city and its countryside ; The era of colonisation ; The Hellenistic kingdoms ; Climate, coastlines and estuaries
- 2. People and nature
- 3. Agriculture
- 4. Forests and timber
- 5. Gardens
- 6. Animals
- 7. Food : Basic foods ; The symbolism of food: beans and fish
- 8. Fire and water : Mythology ; Science: the four elements ; Hydraulic engineering and water poisoning
- 9. Earthquakes and volcanoes
- 10. Mining
- pt. II. Rome. 11. The geographic space : Rome and Italy ; The Roman Empire ; The Roman roads
- 12. People and nature
- 13. Agriculture
- 14. Forests and timber
- 15. Gardens
- 16. Animals
- 17. Food
- 18. Fire and water : Fires in Rome ; The water supply and sewage system of Rome ; Hydraulic engineering, water poisoning and lead problems
- 19. Earthquakes and volcanoes : Earthquakes ; The eruption of Vesuvius
- 20. Mining
- 21. Urban problems and rural villa construction : Housing and urban sanitation in Rome ; Rural villa construction in Italy
- 22. The environment in Roman Britain : The geographic space ; Agriculture, forestry and industry ; Military camps, cities and villas
- Chronology.
