Roman North Africa : Environment, Society and Medical Contribution Hardback
by Louise Cilliers
Part of the Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages series
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This book examines the environment and society of North Africa during the late Roman period (fourth and fifth centuries CE) through the writings of Helvius Vindicianus, Theodorus Priscianus, Caelius Aurelianus, and Cassius Felix.
These four medical writers, whose translation into Latin of precious Greek texts has been hailed as ‘the achievement of the millennium’ by one modern scholar, provide a unique opportunity to understand North Africa, the most prosperous region of the Roman World during Late Antiquity.
Although focusing on medical knowledge and hygiene, their writings provide fresh insights on the environment, economy, population, language, and health facilities of the region.
Roman North Africa: Environment, Society and Medical Contribution includes the first full discussion of the exceptional career of the physician Helvius Vindicianus, as well as a valuable reassessment of other writers whose works were read throughout the Middle Ages.
It will therefore prove invaluable not only for scholars of Late Antiquity and North Africa, but also for those working on later periods.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 39 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:18/03/2019
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- ISBN:9789462989900
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 39 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:18/03/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9789462989900
