Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook: , Annotated Translations of Greek and Latin Texts and Documents

This work has had a long gestation: initially the work of a single scholar (Humphrey) in 1976 it finally sees the light 20 years later as the work of three scholars. This delay and the reasons behind it, as well as the changes in the basic idea which have come into the work during that period, are all explained in the preface. In the traditional classical curriculum we tended to see Greek and Roman civilisations as linguistic studies, literary and artistic productions, philosophical debates and mainly political and military history. Other aspects came in at various points (and even at...