Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World Responses to Risk and Crisis |
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| Author:
| Garnsey, Peter D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-35198-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1988 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $73.99 |
Book Description:
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The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world.
The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world.