Mosaics of knowledge : representing information in the Roman world / Andrew M. Riggsby.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Classical culture and societyDescription: xvi, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780190632502
  • 019063250X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 609.37 23
LOC classification:
  • T16 .R54 2019
Contents:
A brief orientation -- List -- Tables and tabular organization -- Weights and measures -- Representing three dimensions -- Representing two dimensions -- Conclusion.
Summary: In the Roman world technologies were limited to small, scattered social groups. By examining five technologies: lists, tables, weights and measures, artistic perspective, and mapping, this book shows how the Romans broke up a world we might have imagined them to unite. This study combines detailed readings of a wide variety of evidence (inscriptions, small archeological finds, artworks, literary texts) with theoretical consideration of the social, cognitive, and material contexts for their use to present a unique portrait of Roman computing capabilities, limitations, and habits.
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Includes bibliography (pages 223-244) and index.

A brief orientation -- List -- Tables and tabular organization -- Weights and measures -- Representing three dimensions -- Representing two dimensions -- Conclusion.

In the Roman world technologies were limited to small, scattered social groups. By examining five technologies: lists, tables, weights and measures, artistic perspective, and mapping, this book shows how the Romans broke up a world we might have imagined them to unite. This study combines detailed readings of a wide variety of evidence (inscriptions, small archeological finds, artworks, literary texts) with theoretical consideration of the social, cognitive, and material contexts for their use to present a unique portrait of Roman computing capabilities, limitations, and habits.

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