Sheep-rearing and the wool trade in Italy during the Roman period (Arca, 15) - Hardcover

Frayn, Joan M.

 
9780905205229: Sheep-rearing and the wool trade in Italy during the Roman period (Arca, 15)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0905205227 ISBN 13: 9780905205229
Publisher: Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd, 1984

Synopsis

For this study of sheep-rearing in Roman Italy, Dr. Frayn presents and evaluates material from epigraphy, law, literature, archaeology, painting and sculpture to illuminate the social life of shepherd communities. Throughout, the ancient evidence for Italian practice is supplemented with comparative material from other ancient societies and (where relevant) from more modern farming experience.

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Product Description

208 pp inc 13 figs + 8 plates, cloth, jacket, 8vo

Review

Dr Frayn has produced a learned and thorough survey of a highly important and rather neglected aspect of the Roman economy. -- Classical Review 38 (1988) 96-9

This is a pioneering work. Roman shepherds left little direct record of their presence, and Frayn has done well to assemble evidence from a wide variety of scattered sources. -- Journal of Roman Studies 76 (1986) 333

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Publisher
Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Publication date
1984
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0905205227
ISBN 13 
9780905205229
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
208