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How did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk studies view the ancients as dominated by fate, but the reality was different. A range of techniques, from dream interpretation and oracles to logistics and law, all served to control risk.
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Risk in the Roman World, Jerry Toner
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- Released
- 2023
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jerry Toner
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 156
- ISBN10
- 1108723217
- ISBN13
- 9781108723213
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, History, Science & Math, Mathematics, Ethnography, Prehistoric and ancient times
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- How did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk studies view the ancients as dominated by fate, but the reality was different. A range of techniques, from dream interpretation and oracles to logistics and law, all served to control risk.