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Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World : Responses to Risk and Crisis
Famine and Food Supply in the GraecoRoman World Responses to Risk and Crisis
Author: Peter Garnsey
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521351980
ISBN-10: 0521351987
Publication Date: 2/26/1988
Pages: 338
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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