The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World

Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. By highlighting both the accomplishments of the ancient societies from c. 800 B.C. through c. A.D. 500 and the remaining research problems (in areas such as mining, metallurgy, agriculture, woodworking, glass production, food preparation, textile production, leather-working, roads, bridges, ships, harbors, warfare, fortification, writing, timekeeping, measurement, scientific instruments, and attitudes toward technology and innovation) this volume stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.