Ordering knowledge in the Roman Empire / edited by Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh.

Other author König, Jason.
Other author Whitmarsh, Tim.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Ordering knowledge / Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh -- Fragmentation and coherence in Plutarch's Synoptic questions / Jason König -- Galen and Athenaeus in the Hellenistic library / John Wilkins -- Guides to the wor(l)d / Andrew M. Riggsby -- Petronius' lessons in learning, the hard way / Victoria Rimell -- Diogenes Laërtius, biographer of philosophy / James Warren -- The creation of Isidore's Etymologies or Origins / John Henderson -- Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On aqueducts / Alice König -- Measures for an emperor : Volusius Maecianus' monetary pamphlet for Marcus Aurelius / Serafina Cuomo -- Probing the entrails of the universe : astrology as bodily knowledge in Manilius' Astronomica / Thomas Habinek -- Galen's imperial order of knowledge / Rebecca Flemming.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 278-299) and index.
LCCN 2008270090
ISBN0521859697
ISBN9780521859691
Standard identifier# 60000880754