Description
| Product ID: | 9781108723213 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Key Themes in Ancient History |
| Title: | Risk in the Roman World |
| Authors: | Author: Jerry Toner |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Ancient Rome |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating How did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk studies view the ancients as dominated by fate, but the reality was different. A range of techniques, from dream interpretation and oracles to logistics and law, all served to control risk. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-30 |