Medicine and Empire in the Roman World - Key Themes in Ancient History - Flemming, Rebecca (University of Exeter) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521871891 - November 30, 2026
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Medicine and Empire in the Roman World - Key Themes in Ancient History

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Shows how medicine – ideas and practices around health, disease and healing – benefited from and supported the Roman imperial enterprise. The integration of imperial territory by the second century CE established a unified (but not uniform) medical culture but also helped the spread of disease, culminating in the Antonine Plague.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
To be released November 30, 2026
ISBN13 9780521871891
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 278
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   649 g   (Weight (estimated))

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