Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity

'The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a collection of such uniform interest and excellence.' – Classics Ireland'I found this book stimulating and thought-provoking.' – JACT Review'This book places individuals back in environmental contexts which have become increasingly dehumanised.' – Oxbow Book News'One of the strengths of this excellent collection of papers is the range of disciplines represented by the contributors. ' – Landscape History'Human Landscapes has shown how human use of and intervention in the natural environment has major social and even cultural implications for the world of classical antiquity.' – The Classical Review'Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity is a marvellous book, demonstrating how there are crucial areas of the ancient experience that still await systematic exploration.' – Mark Humphries, National University of Ireland

• 1: Ancient history and landscape histories; 2: Ecology and pseudo-ecology: the example of ancient Greece; 3: Feeling the earth move: cultivation techniques on steep slopes in classical antiquity; 4: The uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece: a pointer to the value of the wilderness in antiquity? 1; 5: The countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes; 6: Ancient hunting: from Homer to Polybios; 7: Where was the ‘wilderness' in Roman times?; 8: Rome and the management of water: environment, culture and power 1; 9: First fruit? The olive in the Roman world; 10: Barren fields? Landscapes and settlements in late Roman and post-Roman Italy; 11: Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the Elder; 12: Cosmic sympathies: nature as the expression of divine purpose