Science in the Early Roman Empire
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ancient botany studies
Ancient science
ancient scientific knowledge
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classical pharmacology
Classical science
early astronomy history
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Pliny Natural History scientific analysis
Renaissance scientific reception
Roman natural philosophy
Roman science
science in the ancient world
science in the classical world
science in the Roman world
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- ISBN 9781032761282
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The studies collected in Science in the Early Roman Empire (1986) represent key research done on the Elder Pliny – an important and difficult figure whose Natural History forms a valuable compendium at a fixed historical point in time of ancient science. Its subsequent influence was enormous, remaining the most comprehensive scientific encyclopaedia even until the Renaissance. The chapters seek to locate Pliny in his social and intellectual milieu, to survey his approach to particular sciences such as astronomy, mineralogy, botany and pharmacopoeia. Two chapters consider the response in the Renaissance to his work.
Roger French and Frank Greenaway
