Grain-mills and Flour in Classical Antiquity
Author : L. A. Moritz
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Flour
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Grain-mills and Flour in Classical Antiquity
Author : Ludwig Alfred Moritz
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 1979
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Grain-mills and Flour in Classical Antiquity
Author : L. A. Moritz
Publisher : British Academy
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198142218
Book Description
Beginning with a review of the milling implements and equipment of Greece and Rome, this study argues that the grain-mill underwent two fundamental changes in its history and that one of these - the invention of the rotary mill - took place in classical antiquity at a time much later than used to be believed. The second part of the study deals with the meal and flour used for bread, ending with a detailed analysis of the relevant evidence described in the eighteenth book of Pliny's Natural History .
Milling and Baking Techniques in the Greek and Roman World in Classical Antiquity (500 B.C.-A.D. 300)
Author : L. A. Moritz
Publisher :
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Bread
ISBN :
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Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity
Author : Peter Garnsey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521892902
Book Description
Sixteen essays in the social and economic history of the ancient world, by a leading historian of classical antiquity, are here brought conveniently together. Three overlapping parts deal with the urban economy and society, peasants and the rural economy, and food-supply and food-crisis. While focusing on eleven centuries of antiquity from archaic Greece to late imperial Rome, the essays include theoretical and comparative analyses of food-crisis and pastoralism, and an interdisciplinary study of the health status of the people of Rome using physical anthropology and nutritional science. A variety of subjects are treated, from the misconduct of a builders' association in late antique Sardis, to a survey of the cultural associations and physiological effects of the broad bean.
Food in the Ancient World from A to Z
Author : Andrew Dalby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1135954224
Book Description
Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and related concepts in the Greek and Roman worlds. In entries ranging from a few lines to a couple of pages, Andrew Dalby describes individual foodstuffs (such as catfish, gazelle, peaches and parsley), utensils, ancient writers on food, and a vast range of other topics, drawn from classical literature, history and archaeology, as well as looking at the approaches of modern scholars. Approachable, reliable and fun, this A-to-Z explains and clarifies a subject that crops up in numerous classical sources, from plays to histories and beyond. It also gives references to useful primary and secondary reading. It will be an invaluable companion for students, academics and gastronomes alike.
Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism
Author : Perry Anderson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1781680086
Book Description
Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism is a sustained exercise in historical sociology that shows how the slave-based societies of Ancient Greece and Rome eventually became the feudal societies of the Middle Ages. In the course of this study, Anderson vindicates and refines the explanatory power of historical materialism, while casting a fascinating light on the Ancient world, the Germanic invasions, nomadic society, and the different routes taken to feudalism in Northern, Mediterranean, Eastern and Western Europe. Through this work and its companion volume, Lineages of the Absolutist State, Anderson presents a Marxist history of Western political development that takes readers from the first stirrings of political consciousness in the classical world to the rise of absolutist monarchies in Europe and the birth of the modern epoch.
Engineering in the Ancient World
Author : John Gray Landels
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520041271
Book Description
In a new edition of this highly acclaimed book, the author reveals the engineering know-how of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In fascinating detail he describes how they developed and constructed their machines, and considers how the same principles are used in modern-day engineering.
A Handbook of Food Processing in Classical Rome
Author : David Thurmond
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 2006-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9047410165
Book Description
A careful analysis of Roman food processes, including those for cereals, olive oil, wine, other plant products, animal products, and condiments. The work combines analysis of literary and archaeological evidence with that of traditional comparative practices and modern food science.
Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy
Author : Brett M. Rogers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2016-12-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0190661070
Book Description
Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy is the first collection of essays in English focusing on how fantasy draws deeply on ancient Greek and Roman mythology, philosophy, literature, history, art, and cult practice. Presenting fifteen all-new essays intended for both scholars and other readers of fantasy, this volume explores many of the most significant examples of the modern genre-including the works of H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, and more-in relation to important ancient texts such as Aeschylus' Oresteia, Aristotle's Poetics, Virgil's Aeneid, and Apuleius' The Golden Ass. These varied studies raise fascinating questions about genre, literary and artistic histories, and the suspension of disbelief required not only of readers of fantasy but also of students of antiquity. Ranging from harpies to hobbits, from Cyclopes to Cthulhu, and all manner of monster and myth in-between, this comparative study of Classics and fantasy reveals deep similarities between ancient and modern ways of imagining the world. Although antiquity and the present day differ in many ways, at its base, ancient literature resonates deeply with modern fantasy's image of worlds in flux and bodies in motion.
