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Disabilities in Roman antiquity : disparate bodies, a capite ad calcem /

This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic from head to toe: mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorder, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteolo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Laes, Christian (Editor ), Goodey, C. F. (Editor ), Rose, Martha L., 1957- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; v. 356.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic from head to toe: mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorder, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies.
Notas:Subtitle also reads as: Disparate bodies, from head to toe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004251250
9004251251
ISSN:0169-8958 ;