alcoholism, Roman
John Maxwell O'Brien and Barney Rickenbacker
The ancient Romans were as interested in the harmful effects of excessive drinking and chronic intoxication as their Greek counterparts. In On the Nature of Things, *Lucretius writes that wine's fury ...
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Athenaeus (2) Mechanicus
Eric William Marsden
Athenaeus (2) Mechanicus, author of an extant work on siege-engines (Περὶ μηχανημάτων; see
books, Greek and Roman
H. Maehler
Books existed in *Egypt long before they came into use in Greece. Systems of writing had been invented and developed for administrative purposes in both Egypt and *Mesopotamia by c.3000 bce. While ...
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Columella, Lucius Iunius Moderatus
M. Stephen Spurr
Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella (cf. CIL 9. 235) fl. 50 ce, b. *Gades in Spain (Rust. 8. 16. 9; 10. 185) author of the most systematic extant Roman agricultural manual (written c.60–5 ce) in twelve ...
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epigraphy, Latin
Joyce Reynolds
The study of Latin texts inscribed on durable objects, usually of stone or bronze. It is concerned both with the form of the inscriptions and with their content, and so impinges on many ...
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Iulius Atticus
M. Stephen Spurr
Iulius Atticus, probably of Gallic origin, wrote, in *Tiberius' time, the first specialized monograph on viticulture (*Columella, Rust. 1. 1. 14). He apparently aimed to produce *wine in ...
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papyrology, Latin
J. David Thomas
In comparison with Greek papyri, Latin papyri are uncommon, even when “papyri” is understood in a wide sense so as to include *ostraca and parchment scraps. This is so because the vast majority of ...
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