Agricultural Implements of the Roman World - Softcover

White, K. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521147573 ISBN 13: 9780521147576

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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 raisonne 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.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521147573
• ISBN 13: 9780521147576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266