{"product_id":"the-artes-and-the-emergence-of-a-scientific-culture-in-the-early-roman-empire-hardback-9781009501637","title":"The artes and the Emergence of a Scientific Culture in the Early Roman Empire (Hardback) 9781009501637","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe artes and the Emergence of a Scientific Culture in the Early Roman Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first full-scale account of the Latin treatises called artes, demonstrating their relation to a uniquely Roman scientific culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames L. Zainaldin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009501637, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e474 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers the first full-scale, synthetic account of the Latin technical treatises called artes, arguing that their flourishing in the early Roman Empire represents the emergence and development of a uniquely Roman scientific culture. It introduces the Roman artes on architecture, agriculture, land-surveying, medicine, and the art of war to those without specialist knowledge of the disciplines and advances a new argument for their significance vis-à-vis a common intellectual culture. It unpacks the socio-political, literary, and especially philosophical and scientific dimensions of these writings. It characterizes the scientific culture which the artes constitute and traces significant themes in their construction of disciplinary expertise, examining the effects of the tension between theory and practice as well as their systematic, explanatory, and interdisciplinary presentation of specialized knowledge. In presenting a novel interpretation of the artes, this book aims to add a new chapter to the history of science in Greco-Roman antiquity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. The idea of the artes\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. The scientific premises for the imperial artes: a view from the late Republic\u003cbr\u003e 2. Society, politics, and specialized knowledge in the early Roman empire: the artes and their authors\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 3. The architectonic ars of architecture: explanation and method in Vitruvius' De architectura\u003cbr\u003e 4. Columella and the new Roman agronomy: the art of agriculture and knowledge of nature in Res rustica\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 5. Making a Roman ars of medicine: observation, explanation, and judgement in Celsus' De medicina\u003cbr\u003e Part IV: 6. The character and growth of the Latin art of war: from ars to exempla\u003cbr\u003e 7. The emergence of an ars mensoria: Frontinus and Hyginus on the historical realities and theoretical ideals of Roman land-surveying\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414105682200,"sku":"9781009501637","price":94.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009501637i.jpg?v=1784338106","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-artes-and-the-emergence-of-a-scientific-culture-in-the-early-roman-empire-hardback-9781009501637","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}