Mosaics of Knowledge: Representing Information in the Roman World

by Andrew Riggsby

Today's information technology often seems to take on a life of its own, spreading into every part of our lives. In the Roman world things were different. Technologies were limited to small, scattered social groups.

By examining five technologies-lists, tables, weights and measures, artistic perspective, and mapping-Mosaics of Knowledge demonstrates how the Romans broke up a world we might have imagined them to unite. That is, the recording,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019063250X
• ISBN13: 9780190632502
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"