Famine and food supply in the Graeco-Roman world : responses to risk and crisis / Peter Garnsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garnsey, Peter, author.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Greece--History--To 1500.

Food supply.

Food supply--Rome.

Famines--Greece--History--To 1500.

Famines.

Famines--Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Famine & Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world. Ancient historians have generally shown little interest in investigating the material base of the unique civilisations of the Graeco-Roman world, and have left unexplored the role of the food supply in framing the central institutions and practices of ancient society.

Contents:

pt. 1. The incidence and severity of food crisis

pt. 2. Survival strategies

pt. 3. Food supply and food crisis in Athens, c. 500-322 BC

pt. 4. Food supply and food crisis in Rome, c. 509 BC-AD 250.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511097355

0511097352

9780511583827

0511583826

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01445 hdl