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London: Duckworth, Date: 2005. Softcover. Very Good Condition. An excellent copy in great condition. Only slight wear to cover. Internally, clean and fresh, with unmarked and uncreased pages. Publisher's note: The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. 170 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Calendar, Greek; Calendar, Roman; Astronomy; Time; ISBN: 0715633015. ISBN/EAN: 9780715633014. Add. Inventory No: 231026HAAC03001. . 9780715633014 2005. Duckworth ISBN 0715633015 9780715633014 [GB]

London Duckworth 2005 Softcover Very Good Condition An excellent copy in great condition. Only slight wear to cover. Internally, clean and fresh, with unmarked and uncreased pages. Publisher's note: The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies-of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. 170 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Calendar, Greek; Calendar, Roman; Astronomy; Time; ISBN: 0715633015. ISBN/EAN: 9780715633014. Add. Inventory No: 231026HAAC03001.

New York Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2013 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Unspecified. Classical World.

Paperback / softback. New. Explains the problems faced by those attempting to establish calendars in the ancient world, and the ingenious ways in which these were solved ISBN 0715633015 9780715633014 [GB]

Bristol Classical Press. Paperback. New. 9x6x0. Bristol Classical Press ISBN 0715633015 9780715633014 [US]

Duckbacks, Date: 2005. Paperback. New. 170 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. 2005. Duckbacks ISBN 0715633015 9780715633014 [GB]

ISBN10: 0715633015, ISBN13: 9780715633014, [publisher: Bristol Classical Press] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.45
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United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. Date: 2005. Paperback. 0715633015 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularizing its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies -- of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a timepiece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. The story of these calendars is one of a continuous struggle to maintain a correspondence with the regularity of the seasons and the sun, despite the fact that the calendars were usually based on the irregular moon. But on another, more human level, Greek and Roman Calendars steps beyond the merely mathematical and studies the calendar as a social instrument, which people used to organize their activities. It sets the calendars of the Greeks and Romans on a stage occupied by real people, who developed and lived with these timepieces for a variety of purposes -- agricultural, religious, political and economic. This is also a story of intersecting cultures, of Greeks with Greeks, of Greeks with Persians and Egyptians, and of Greeks with ...