Lampinen, Antti
(ed.)
Mataix Ferrándiz, Emilia
(ed.)
Editorial: Bloomsbury
Colección: Ancient Environments
Número de páginas: 236 págs.
Fecha de edición: 22-02-2024
EAN: 9781350201743
ISBN: 978-1-350-20174-3
Precio (sin IVA): 38,77 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 40,32 €
More than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since antiquity as being immovable to a proverbial degree. Yet it was the sea's capacity for movement – both literally and figuratively through such emotions as fear, hope and pity – that formed one of the primary means of conceptualizing its significance in Late Antique societies. This volume advances a new and interdisciplinary understanding of what the sea as an environment and the pursuit of seafaring meant in antiquity, drawing on a range of literary, legal and archaeological evidence to explore the social, economic and cultural factors at play.