Bringing in the sheaves : economy and metaphor in the Roman world /! Brent D. Shaw.

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The work features an edition of the reaper inscription, and a commentary on it. It is also lavishly illustrated to demonstrate the important iconic and pictorial dimensions of the story.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Brent D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Colección:Robson classical lectures.
Temas:
To 647
Wheat > Harvesting > Rome > History.
Wheat > Harvesting > Social aspects > Rome > History.
Wheat > Harvesting > Economic aspects > Rome > History.
Labor > Rome > History.
Romans > Agriculture > Africa, North > Biography.
Blé > Récolte > Rome > Histoire.
Blé > Récolte > Aspect social > Rome > Histoire.
Blé > Récolte > Aspect économique > Rome > Histoire.
Travail > Rome > Histoire.
Romains > Agriculture > Afrique du Nord > Biographies.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Economic history
Labor
Manners and customs
Wheat > Harvesting
Africa, North > History > To 647.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Economic conditions.
Afrique du Nord > Histoire > Jusqu'à 647.
Rome > Conditions économiques.
North Africa
Rome (Empire)
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Under the Burning Sun
  • 2. Primus in arvis/First in the Fields
  • 3. Sickle and Scythe/Man and Machine
  • 4. The Grim Reapers
  • 5. Blade of Vengeance
  • Appendix 1. Harvesting contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy
  • Appendix 2.: The Maktar harvester inscription : text and commentary
  • Appendix 3. The Gallo-Roman reaping machines : iconographic data.

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