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Author:   Russell M. Lawson (Tulsa Community College, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
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9798216383970

Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 October 2025
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Table of Contents

Introduction A Academy Aelian, Claudius (floruit early third century CE) Agathemerus (floruit first century CE) Agriculture Alcmaeon (floruit early sixth century BCE) Alexander of Macedon (356–323 BCE) Alexandria Ammianus Marcellinus (325–395 CE) Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (500–428 BCE) Anaximander of Miletus (610–540 BCE) Anaximenes of Miletus (585–525 BCE) Apollonius of Perga (floruit 235 BCE) Archelaus of Athens (floruit fifth century BCE) Archimedes (287–212 BCE) Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 BCE) Aristotle (384–322 BCE) Arrian (89–180 CE) Asclepiades (floruit first century BCE) Asclepius/Asclepiads Asia, East and South Astronomy Athenaeus (floruit early third century CE) Athens Atoms Aurelius, Marcus (121–180 CE) Aurelius Augustine (354–430 CE) B Babylon Bronze Age (3500–800 BCE) C Caesar, Julius (100–44 BCE) Calendars and Dating Systems Cato, Marcus Porcius (Elder) (234–149 BCE) Celsus (floruit 25 CE) Cicero (106–43 BCE) Columella (5 BCE–60 CE) Commentators Constantinople Constellations D Democritus (460–370 BCE) Diogenes Laertius (floruit third century CE) Diogenes of Apollonia (floruit late fifth century BCE) Dreams E Easter Egypt Eleatic School Elements Empedocles (495–435 BCE) Engineering and Technology Epictetus (55–135 CE) Epicureanism Epicurus (341–271 BCE) Erasistratus (275–194 BCE) Eratosthenes (276–195 BCE) Euclid (floruit 300 BCE) Eudoxus of Cnidus (408–352 BCE) Eunapius (floruit fifth century CE) F Frontinus, Sextus Julius (floruit late first century and early second century CE) G Galen (130–200 CE) Gaza Geminus (floruit first century CE) Geography/Geodesy Greek Archaic Age (800–500 BCE) Greek Classical Age (500–323 BCE) Greek Hellenistic Age (323–31 BCE) H Hecataeus of Miletus (floruit 500 BCE) Hellanicus of Lesbos (floruit fifth century BCE) Hellenism Heraclides of Pontus (floruit fourth century BCE) Heraclitus of Ephesus (540–480 BCE) Hero (62–152 CE) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (490–430 BCE) Herophilus of Chalcedon (floruit third century BCE) Hesiod (floruit late eighth century BCE) Hipparchus (190–120 BCE) Hippo of Croton (floruit late fifth century BCE) Hippocrates (460–377 BCE) History Homer (floruit eighth century BCE) Hydraulics Hypatia of Alexandria (370–415 CE) I Iamblichus (250–325 CE) Ionians Iron Age Irrigation Techniques J Julian (331–363 CE) L Later Roman Empire (180–565 CE) Leucippus (floruit fifth century BCE) Life Sciences Logos Lucretius (floruit first century BCE) Lyceum M Magi Magic Magna Graecia Marine Science Mathematics Maximus of Ephesus (floruit fourth century CE) Medicine Mesopotamia (3500–550 BCE) Meteorology Miletus Military Science Mountains Myth N Nearchus of Crete (ca. 360–312 BCE) Neoplatonism New Testament O Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) Oribasius (floruit fourth century CE) P Paganism Palladius (floruit mid­fourth century BCE) Peripatetic School Philo of Byzantium (260–180 BCE) Philolaus (floruit fifth century BCE) Philosophy Philostratus (170–250 CE) Phoenicians Physical Sciences Plato (427–347 BCE) Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) Pliny the Younger (61–113 CE) Plotinus (205–270 CE) Plutarch (46–120 CE) Polybius (208–126 BCE) Porphyry (234–305 CE) Posidonius of Rhodes (135–50 BCE) Prometheus Psychology Ptolemaeus, Claudius (100–170 CE) Pythagoras (570–490 BCE) Pytheas of Massilia (floruit late fourth century BCE) R Roman Principate (31 BCE–180 CE) Roman Roads and Bridges Rome S Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (5–65 CE) Seven Sages Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Social Sciences Socrates (470–399 BCE) Solon (640–560 BCE) Stoicism Strabo (63 BCE–21 CE) T Tacitus (56–117 CE) Thales (625–545 BCE) Themistius (317–388 CE) Theophrastus (370–286 BCE) Thucydides (460–400 BCE) Time V Varro (116–27 BCE) Vesuvius Vitruvius (floruit 25 BCE) W Women and Science X Xenophanes of Colophon (570–478 BCE) Xenophon (430–355 BCE) Chronology Bibliography Index About the Author

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With its accessible A–Z format, Science in the Ancient World is recommended for high school, college, and public libraries. * Booklist *

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Russell M. Lawson is a professor at Tulsa Community College, USA, and the author or editor of five encyclopedias. A specialist in intellectual and scientific history, he has also written numerous works on exploration and early American science.

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