Bringing in the Sheaves : : Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World /

Bringing in the Sheaves : : Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World / / Brent Shaw.

The annual harvesting of cereal crops was one of the most important economic tasks in the Roman Empire. Not only was it urgent and critical for the survival of state and society, it mobilized huge numbers of men and women every year from across the whole face of the Mediterranean. In Bringing in the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Shaw, Brent,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2012
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 4 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables and Maps
  • Introduction/Preface
  • 1. Under the Burning Sun
  • 2. Primus in arvis/First in the Fields
  • 3. Sickle and Scythe/Man and Machine
  • 4. The Grim Reapers
  • 5. Blade of Vengeance
  • Appendix 1: Harvesting Contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy
  • Appendix 2: The Maktar Harvester Inscription: Text and Commentary
  • Appendix 3: The Gallo-Roman Reaping Machines: Iconographic Data
  • Abbreviations of Sources
  • Tables
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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