Risk in the Roman World

Auteur: Toner, Jerry (Churchill College, Cambridge)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
How did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk studies view the ancients as dominated by fate, but the reality was different. A range of techniques, from dream interpretation and oracles to logistics and law, all served to control risk.
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How did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk studies view the ancients as dominated by fate, but the reality was different. A range of techniques, from dream interpretation and oracles to logistics and law, all served to control risk.
ISBN / EAN 9781108723213
Auteur Toner, Jerry (Churchill College, Cambridge)
Editeur Cambridge University Press