1st Edition
Roman Domestic Medical Practice in Central Italy From the Middle Republic to the Early Empire
By Jane Draycott
Copyright 2019
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Roman Domestic Medical Practice in Central Italy examines the roles that the home, the garden and the members of the household (freeborn, freed and slave) played in the acquisition and maintenance of good physical and mental health and well-being. Focussing on the period from the middle Republic to the early Empire, it considers how comprehensive the ancient Roman general understanding of... Read more
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Health and Healthiness in the Late Roman Republic and Early Empire
Chapter Two: The Roman House and Garden
Chapter Three: The Roman Household
Chapter Four: The Transmission of Medical Knowledge
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jane Draycott is Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellow in Ancient Science and Technology at the University of Glasgow, UK. Previously she was Lecturer in Classics at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Associate Teacher in Roman Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, all in the UK, and 2011–2012 Rome Fellow at the British School at Rome, Italy.
