We access Greek and Roman scientific ideas mainly through those texts which happen to survive. By concentrating only on the ideas conveyed, we may limit our und

How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This book answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines

Provides a broad framework for engaging with ideas relevant to ancient Greek and Roman science, medicine and technology.

This book uses five case-studies to set ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context.

Letter writing was widespread in the Graeco-Roman world, as indicated by the large number of surviving letters and their extensive coverage of all social catego