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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 August 2009
      15 November 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511551062
      9780521859691
      9780521296939
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551062
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 320 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 320 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This fascinating collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing and critiquing a range of modern cultural theories (including those of Michel Foucault and Edward Said). How was knowledge shaped into textual forms, and how did those forms encode relationships between emperor and subjects, theory and practice, Roman and Greek, centre and periphery? Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire will be required reading for those concerned with the intellectual and cultural history of the Roman Empire, and its lasting legacy in the medieval world and beyond.

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    Review of the hardback:'König and Whitmarsh's collection of eleven essays, whose origins can be traced to a 2001 conference held at St John's College, Cambridge, is a welcome edition for what might be called the emerging field of the history of information science … this volume comes highly recommended on account of the wide range of authors it considers, the variety of analytical methods it employs and its nuanced understanding of the relationship between compilations of knowledge and their contexts.'

    Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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    • 11 - Galen's imperial order of knowledge
      pp 241-277
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