{"product_id":"health-in-antiquity-helen-king-9780415220651","title":"Health in Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow healthy were people in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did they think about maintaining and restoring their health?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor students of classics, history or the history of medicine, answers to these and many previously untouched questions are dealt with by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars and archaeologists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a multidisciplined approach, the contributors assess the issues surrounding health in the Greco-Roman world from prehistory to Christian late antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSources range from palaeodemography to patristic and from archaeology to architecture and using these, this book considers what health meant, how it was thought to be achieved, and addresses how the ancient world can be perceived as an ideal in subsequent periods of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415220653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415220651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.56w x 0.93d","brand":"Helen King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086574596351,"sku":"9780415220651","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00107a6b-3faf-4a40-90a8-ee3b37700723.jpg?v=1769095466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/health-in-antiquity-helen-king-9780415220651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}