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Author: Walter Scheidel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Weight: 0.539kg
ISBN: 9780691162560
ISBN 10: 0691162565
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 03 April 2018
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
[This] volume is an important contribution not only to the historiography of the Roman Empire but also to the broad spectrum of scientific disciplines attempting to understand the past in general. ---Tomas Glomb, Journal of Cognitive Historiography This is a fabulous introduction to a wide range of techniques, and provides numerous fascinating insights into life in the Roman period. ---Hella Eckardt, Current World Archaeology [This] is a volume not just useful but capable of simultaneous entertainment and inspiration. ---James Corke Webster, Greece and Rome This book makes a superb introduction to the subject. ---Peter Jones, Classics for All Reviews This book shows that the study of the ancient Roman world is no exception to the enormous contribution that science has long been making to our understanding of the ancient past. * New Testament Abstracts *
The Science of Roman History is a very timely book. With state-of-the-art contributions by scholars who are leaders in their respective fields, it describes how the integration of natural and human archives is changing the entire historical enterprise. I highly recommend that all historians read this important contribution. -J. G. Manning, author of The Last Pharaohs This interdisciplinary book brings together the latest scientific methodologies to better understand the history of Rome and the ancient world. There really isn't another book like this. -Kristina Killgrove, University of West Florida
"""This is a fabulous introduction to a wide range of techniques, and provides numerous fascinating insights into life in the Roman period.""---Hella Eckardt, Current World Archaeology ""This book shows that the study of the ancient Roman world is no exception to the enormous contribution that science has long been making to our understanding of the ancient past."" * New Testament Abstracts * ""This book makes a superb introduction to the subject.""---Peter Jones, Classics for All Reviews ""[This] is a volume not just useful but capable of simultaneous entertainment and inspiration.""---James Corke Webster, Greece and Rome ""[This] volume is an important contribution not only to the historiography of the Roman Empire but also to the broad spectrum of scientific disciplines attempting to understand the past in general.""---Tomáš Glomb, Journal of Cognitive Historiography ""This volume brings together many of the key players in these various fields. The writing is uniformly excellent and it is sufficiently well illustrated. It represents a good overview of the state of the field and provides a clear explanation of the various techniques and disciplines covered and their potential.""---Ben Russell, Journal of Greek Archaeology ""[The Science of Roman History] captivates the reader with its monumentality and ambition.""---Csaba Szabó, Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology"
Author Information
Walter Scheidel is the Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and a Kennedy-Grossman Fellow in Human Biology at Stanford University. He is the author or editor of seventeen previous books, including The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton).
