- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Online publication date:
- November 2022
- Print publication year:
- 2022
- Online ISBN:
- 9781009121873
- Subjects:
- Ancient History, Classical Studies
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Historians constantly wrestle with uncertainty, never more so than when attempting quantification, yet the field has given little attention to the nature of uncertainty and strategies for managing it. This volume proposes a powerful new approach to uncertainty in ancient history, drawing on techniques widely used in the social and natural sciences. It shows how probability-based techniques used to manage uncertainty about the future or the present can be applied to uncertainty about the past. A substantial introduction explains the use of probability to represent uncertainty. The chapters that follow showcase how the technique can offer leverage on a wide range of problems in ancient history, from the incidence of expropriation in the Classical Greek world to the money supply of the Roman empire.
‘… the volume as a whole is to be commended, and I recommend it both to historians of the ancient Mediterranean … as well as to economic and social historians from other areas … The editors make a compelling and clear argument (directly and through their contributors) that probabilistic methods deserve further use, and are more accessible than one may initially think: I can’t help but find myself agreeing.’
Thomas Laver
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