1st Edition
Roman North Africa Environment, Society and Medical Contribution
By Louise Cilliers
Copyright 2019
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the environment and society of North Africa during the late Roman period (fourth and fifth centuries CE) through the writings of Helvius Vindicianus, Theodorus Priscianus, Caelius Aurelianus, and Cassius Felix. These four medical writers, whose translation into Latin of precious Greek texts has been hailed as 'the achievement of the millennium' by one modern scholar, provide a... Read more
Preface, Chapter 1: History, environment, population and cultural life Chapter 2: Health facilities in the cities of Roman North Africa Chapter 3: Greek, Roman and Christian views on the causes of infectious epidemic diseases Chapter 4: The knowledge and competence of physicians in the 4th/5th centuries Chapter 5: Vindicianus: physician, proconsul, mentor Chapter 6: Theodorus Priscianus on drugs and therapies Chapter 7: More Latinizers: Cassius Felix, Caelius Aurelianus and Muscio Chapter 8: Augustine on the medical scene in Roman North Africa in the late 4th and early 5th centuries CE Chapter 9: Reciprocal influences: Greco-Roman and Christian views of healing Chapter 10: The role of Roman North Africa in the preservation and transmission of medical knowledge
Biography
Louise Cilliers is currently Honorary Research Fellow (and formerly Professor of Classical Languages) at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. For many years she served as the editor of the international journal Acta Classica. She has published numerous articles on ancient medicine, Late Antique North Africa, and related subjects.
