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Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World: Responses to Risk and Crisis

By Peter Garnsey

Book information

Year
1988
ISBN
0521351987, 9780521351980
LCC
HD9015.G82 G37 1988
Open Library ID
OL18353501M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13965146 bytes)
Pages
324\328
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world. Ancient historians have generally shown little interest in investigating the material base of the unique civilisations of the Graeco-Roman world, and have left unexplored the role of the food supply in framing the central institutions and practices of ancient society.

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