Ordering knowledge in the Roman Empire / edited by Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh.
| Other author | König, Jason. |
| Other author | Whitmarsh, Tim. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-299) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008270090 |
| ISBN | 0521859697 |
| ISBN | 9780521859691 |
| Standard identifier# | 60000880754 |