{"product_id":"the-routledge-handbook-of-diet-and-nutrition-in-the-roman-world-paperback","title":"The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Erdkamp\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClaire Holleran\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World presents a comprehensive overview of the sources, issues and methodologies involved in the study of the Roman diet. The focus of the book is on the Mediterranean heartland from the second century BC to the third and fourth centuries AD. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is impossible without food, but what people eat is not determined by biology alone, and this makes it a vital subject of social and historical study. The Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach in which all kinds of sources and disciplines are combined to study the diet and nutrition of men, women and children in city and countryside in the Roman world. The chapters in this book are structured in five parts. Part I introduces the reader to the wide range of textual, material and bioarchaeological evidence concerning food and nutrition. Part II offers an overview of various kinds of food and drink, including cereals, pulses, olive oil, meat and fish, and the social setting of their consumption. Part III goes beyond the perspective of the Roman adult male by concentrating on women and children, on the cultures of Roman Egypt and Central Europe, as well as the Jews in Palestine and the impact of Christianity. Part IV provides a forum to three scholars to offer their thoughts on what physical anthropology contributes to our understanding of health, diet and (mal)nutrition. The final section puts food supply and its failure in the context of community and empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Erdkamp is Professor of Ancient History at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. His research interests focus on the demography and economy of the Roman world, including living standards and food supply. In addition he has published on Republican historiography and Roman warfare. He is author of \u003ci\u003eHunger and the Sword. Warfare and Food Supply in Roman Republican Wars \u003c\/i\u003e(1998) and \u003ci\u003eThe Grain Market in the Roman Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and edited \u003cem\u003eA\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompanion to the Roman Army \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Ancient Rome \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and, with Koen Verboven and Arjan Zuiderhoek, \u003ci\u003eOwnership and Exploitation of Land and Natural Resources in the Roman World \u003c\/i\u003e(2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Holleran \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research interests focus on Roman social and economic history, particularly the city of Rome, urban economies, the retail trade and demography. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eShopping in Ancient Rome: The Retail Trade in the Late Republic and the Principate \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and co-editor with April Pudsey of \u003ci\u003eDemography and the Greco-Roman World \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), and with Amanda Claridge of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the City of Rome \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160346660999,"sku":"9781032094564","price":108.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f31aaf0ec0732ca3af6ae3272778b33f.webp?v=1733273569","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-routledge-handbook-of-diet-and-nutrition-in-the-roman-world-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}