Items related to The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome (Cambridge...

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World) - Softcover

Book 10 of 17: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient Athens

Erdkamp, Paul

 
9780521720786: The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521720788 ISBN 13: 9780521720786
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Paul Erdkamp is Professor of Ancient History at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). Previously, he was Research Fellow at the University of Leiden. He has published two monographs: Hunger and the Sword. Warfare and Food Supply in Roman Republican Wars (1998) and The Grain Market in the Roman Empire (2005), and is editor of The Roman Army and the Economy (2002), A Companion to the Roman Army (2007) and A Cultural History of Food in Antiquity (2012). His research interests include the ancient economy, army and warfare, ancient historiography, in particular Polybius and Livy, and social and cultural aspects of food in classical antiquity. Professor Erdkamp is currently co-chair of the Roman Society Research Centre, in which various departments of ancient history and archaeology at European universities participate.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521720788
ISBN 13 
9780521720786
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
646