Brent D. Shaw is Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton University.

• List of IllustrationsPreface/Introduction1. Under the Burning Sun2. Primus in Arvis / First in the Fields3. Sickle & Scythe / Man & Machine4. The Grim Reapers5. Blade of VengeanceAppendix 1: Harvesting Contracts from Roman Egypt and ItalyAppendix 2: The Maktar Harvester Inscription: Text and CommentaryAppendix 3: The Gallo-Roman Reaping Machines: Iconographic DataMap 1.1: Africa of the Maktar HarvesterMap 2.1: Roman Mactaris (Maktar) and RegionMap 3.1: Northern Gaul: Heartland of the Reaping MachineMap 3.2: Distribution of Sickle and Scythe Finds in Late Prehistoric and Roman GaulTable 1.1: Survey of Modern/Post World War II Land Use Patterns in the MaghribTable 1.2: Pre-World War II Cereal Grain Production in the MaghribTable 1.3: Survey of Modern/Post World War II Cereal Grain Production in the MaghribTable 1.4: Pre World War I Indigenous Cereal Grain Production in AlgeriaAbbreviations of SourcesBibliography

‘Fascinating study of harvest and harvesting in the Roman world…Not only is this the most wide-ranging study of the harvest in antiquity that I am aware of, it should be read by all who are interested in the link between life and thought in the Roman world.’ - Paul Erdkamp (American Historical Review, vol 119:02:2014) ‘How wonderful to read a book written by a true scholar, which brims with humor, critique, insight, and expansiveness… Highly recommended.’- S. Hammer (Choice Magazine vol 51:01:2013) ‘The volume is incredibly rich in content with almost one hundred illustrations in black and white, more than a thousand endnotes, and thirty-five pages of bibliography…  Shaw’s book advances our understanding of agricultural society and is an important contribution to the study of late antiquity.’- Jesper Carlsen (The Historian vol 77:01:2015)

Brent D. Shaw is Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton University.

• List of IllustrationsPreface/Introduction1. Under the Burning Sun2. Primus in Arvis / First in the Fields3. Sickle & Scythe / Man & Machine4. The Grim Reapers5. Blade of VengeanceAppendix 1: Harvesting Contracts from Roman Egypt and ItalyAppendix 2: The Maktar Harvester Inscription: Text and CommentaryAppendix 3: The Gallo-Roman Reaping Machines: Iconographic DataMap 1.1: Africa of the Maktar HarvesterMap 2.1: Roman Mactaris (Maktar) and RegionMap 3.1: Northern Gaul: Heartland of the Reaping MachineMap 3.2: Distribution of Sickle and Scythe Finds in Late Prehistoric and Roman GaulTable 1.1: Survey of Modern/Post World War II Land Use Patterns in the MaghribTable 1.2: Pre-World War II Cereal Grain Production in the MaghribTable 1.3: Survey of Modern/Post World War II Cereal Grain Production in the MaghribTable 1.4: Pre World War I Indigenous Cereal Grain Production in AlgeriaAbbreviations of SourcesBibliography

‘Fascinating study of harvest and harvesting in the Roman world…Not only is this the most wide-ranging study of the harvest in antiquity that I am aware of, it should be read by all who are interested in the link between life and thought in the Roman world.’ - Paul Erdkamp (American Historical Review, vol 119:02:2014) ‘How wonderful to read a book written by a true scholar, which brims with humor, critique, insight, and expansiveness… Highly recommended.’- S. Hammer (Choice Magazine vol 51:01:2013) ‘The volume is incredibly rich in content with almost one hundred illustrations in black and white, more than a thousand endnotes, and thirty-five pages of bibliography…  Shaw’s book advances our understanding of agricultural society and is an important contribution to the study of late antiquity.’- Jesper Carlsen (The Historian vol 77:01:2015)

Brent D. Shaw is Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton University.

• List of IllustrationsPreface/Introduction1. Under the Burning Sun2. Primus in Arvis / First in the Fields3. Sickle & Scythe / Man & Machine4. The Grim Reapers5. Blade of VengeanceAppendix 1: Harvesting Contracts from Roman Egypt and ItalyAppendix 2: The Maktar Harvester Inscription: Text and CommentaryAppendix 3: The Gallo-Roman Reaping Machines: Iconographic DataMap 1.1: Africa of the Maktar HarvesterMap 2.1: Roman Mactaris (Maktar) and RegionMap 3.1: Northern Gaul: Heartland of the Reaping MachineMap 3.2: Distribution of Sickle and Scythe Finds in Late Prehistoric and Roman GaulTable 1.1: Survey of Modern/Post World War II Land Use Patterns in the MaghribTable 1.2: Pre-World War II Cereal Grain Production in the MaghribTable 1.3: Survey of Modern/Post World War II Cereal Grain Production in the MaghribTable 1.4: Pre World War I Indigenous Cereal Grain Production in AlgeriaAbbreviations of SourcesBibliography

‘Fascinating study of harvest and harvesting in the Roman world…Not only is this the most wide-ranging study of the harvest in antiquity that I am aware of, it should be read by all who are interested in the link between life and thought in the Roman world.’ - Paul Erdkamp (American Historical Review, vol 119:02:2014) ‘How wonderful to read a book written by a true scholar, which brims with humor, critique, insight, and expansiveness… Highly recommended.’- S. Hammer (Choice Magazine vol 51:01:2013) ‘The volume is incredibly rich in content with almost one hundred illustrations in black and white, more than a thousand endnotes, and thirty-five pages of bibliography…  Shaw’s book advances our understanding of agricultural society and is an important contribution to the study of late antiquity.’- Jesper Carlsen (The Historian vol 77:01:2015)