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HUMAN LANDSCAPES IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY Environment and Culture 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of figures 8 Notes on contributors 10 Preface 12 List of abbreviations 14 1 Ancient history and landscape histories 16 2 Ecology and pseudo-ecology: the example of ancient Greece 31 3 Feeling the earth move: cultivation techniques on steep slopes in classical antiquity 59 4 The uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece: a pointer to the value of the wilderness in antiquity? 83 5 The countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes 113 6 Ancient hunting: from Homer to Polybios 134 7 Where was the ‘wilderness’ in Roman times? 169 8 Rome and the management of water: environment, culture and power 195 9 First fruit? The olive in the Roman world 228 10 Barren fields? Landscapes and settlements in late Roman and post-Roman Italy 269 11 Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the Elder 299 12 Cosmic sympathies: nature as the expression of divine purpose 325 Index 345 Environment and Culture

Published

2019

Language

EN