Oxford University Press, Date: 2004-05-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199262888 9780199262885 [US]

ISBN10: 0199262888, ISBN13: 9780199262885, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The most important surviving encyclopedia from the ancient world, Pliny the Elder's Natural History is unparalleled as a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in first-century Rome. As part of a new direction in classical scholarship, Trevor Murphy reads the work not just for the information it contains, but to understand how and why Pliny collects and presents information as he does. Concentrating on the geographic and ethnographic informationin Pliny, Murphy demonstrates the work's political importance. The selection and arrangement of the encyclopedia's material show that it is more than an instrument of reference: it is a monument to the powerof Roman imperial society. 'Pliny the Elder's Natural History', from first-century Rome, is a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in ancient Rome. Concentrating on Pliny's accounts of foreign lands and peoples, monsters, and barbarians, Trevor Murphy demonstrates the political significance of this reference as a monument to the power of Roman imperial society. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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