Ordering knowledge in the Roman Empire / edited by Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	König, Jason, Whitmarsh, Tim
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Knowledge, Theory of > Rome. Information organization > Rome. Knowledge, Sociology of. Rome > Intellectual life.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only

Table of 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.

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