Environmental Problems of the Greeks and Romans: Ecology in the Ancient Mediterranean

How did ancient societies change the environment and how do their actions continue to affect us today?

In this dramatically revised and expanded second edition of the work entitled Pan’s Travail, J. Donald Hughes examines the environmental history of the classical period and argues that the decline of ancient civilizations resulted in part from their exploitation of the natural world. Focusing on Greece and Rome, as well as areas subject to their influences, Hughes offers a detailed look at ...