Malaria and Rome : a history of malaria in ancient Italy / Robert Sallares.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Sallares, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Diseases and history--Italy--Rome.
• Diseases--Italy--Rome--History.
• Malaria--Italy--Rome--History.
• Medicine, Ancient--Italy--Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Malaria and Rome is the first comprehensive study of malaria in ancient Italy since the research of the distinguished Italian malariologist Angelo Celli in the early twentieth century. It demonstrates the importance of disease patterns and history in understanding the demography of ancient populations. Robert Sallares argues that malaria became increasingly prevalent in Roman times in central Italy as a result of ecological change and alterations to the physical landscapesuch as deforestation. Making full use of contemporary sources and comparative material from other periods, he shows that ma

Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Types of malaria; 3. Evolution and prehistory of malaria; 4. The ecology of malaria in Italy; 5. The demography of malaria; 6. The Pontine Marshes; 7. Tuscany; 8. The city of Rome; 9. The Roman Campagna; 10. Apulia; 11. Geographical contrasts and demographic variation.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-328) and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 0-19-171463-1
• 9786612199233
• 1-280-44677-3
• 9786610446773
• 0-19-153021-2

OCLC:

302364798