Understanding Greek and Roman Technology: From Catapult to the Pantheon
By Unknown Author.
Description
Famed for great thinkers, poets, artists, and leaders, ancient Greece and Rome were also home to some of the most creative engineers who ever lived. Water systems, roads, pumps, and many other developments grew out of the same conditions that produced new political institutions, stunning sculptures, outstanding literary works, and empires that constituted much of the known world. Yet the engineering exploits of the Greeks and Romans are not as celebrated as they deserve to be, and they have been long discounted by some historians. New discoveries combined with a reevaluation of evidence sho...
ISBN(s)
162997031X, 9781629970318
