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Most of the inhabitants of the Roman world lived by farming. The kinds of farming they practised varied as Roman domination spread north of the Alps. This book deals with the tools they used, in all their variety, and with the way they used them. It describes in detail agricultural implements, both simple and complex, from shovels, spades, saws and sickles to ploughs, harrows and reaping machines. Each description carries full references to the sources of information, including allusions in literature and the evidence of monuments and mosaics. The book ends with a catalogue raisonné of the implements illustrated in the text. The author uses practical knowledge of agriculture, as well as learning, to identify and interpret the objects under examination; this is, literally, scholarship brought down to earth.
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This book deals with the tools that the Roman world used in farming and with the way they used them. The author uses practical knowledge of agriculture, as well as learning, to identify and interpret the objects under examination.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 0521069122
- ISBN 13 9780521069120
- BindingHardcover
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Agricultural Implements of the Roman World
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ISBN 13: 9780521069120
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full red cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, 10" tall, 232 pp., illustrated with sketches and photographic plates. Dust jacket clipped at bottom corner of front flap, though price intact on top corner, mild soiling and wear, book itself has no flaws to note. Seller Inventory # 001985
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