Technology and Society in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds

by Tracey E. Rihll

Overview

This booklet provides an outline of the key technological developments in ancient Greek and Roman society, including the provision of food, water, and shelter, building, textiles, and mining and metallurgy, as well as the key economic mechanisms that supported those developments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872292017
Publisher:	American Historical Association
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	SHOT Historical Perspectives on Technology
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Tracey E. Rihll is a Reader in Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology at Swansea University. She has studied, taught, and written about a broad spectrum of ancient science and technology, as well as ancient slavery. Her books include an edited volume (with Christopher Tuplin) Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture (2002); and Greek Science(1999). Her analysis of the most advanced mechanical technology in widespread production and use in atiquity, The Catapult, waspublished by Westholme in 2007.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction

Introduction: Technology and the Ancient World

1. The Mechanisms of Ancient Economic Productivity and Growth

2. The Production, Preservation, and Distribution of Food

3. The Collection and Distribution of Water

4. Public and Private Building

5. Textiles

6. Mining and Metallurgy

Conclusion

Bibliographic Essay

Notes