Risk in the Roman World

by Jerry Toner

Modern risk studies have viewed the inhabitants of the ancient world as being both dominated by fate and exposed to fewer risks, but this very readable and groundbreaking new book challenges these views. It shows that the Romans inhabited a world full of danger and also that they not only understood uncertainty but employed a variety of ways to help to affect future outcomes. The first section focuses on the range of cultural attitudes and traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108723217
• ISBN13: 9781108723213
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"