{"product_id":"numbering-and-measuring-in-the-classical-world-9781904675181","title":"Numbering and Measuring in the Classical World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume introduces the reader to Greek and Roman ways of expressing numbers, weights and measures. These are matters often relegated to footnotes or an appendix. Yet the words, the symbols and the calculations used in the classical world have an interest in themselves and often reveal unexpected facets of the culture that employed them. The subject can be complex but this book seeks to cut it to the essentials and to avoid the aridity of larger, more technical treatments. It offers a fluid and readable text, liberally enhanced with tables and specific examples. Chapters cover the cardinal numbers, other number words, inclusive reckoning, symbols, fractions, simple arithmetic, linear measurements, measuring area and volume, measuring weight, capacity and value; financial matters; sizes of pipes and nozzles; measuring time. It is quite simply an indispensable point of reference for every student of classical culture or of ancient texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e... it more than covers a very complex and obscure series of topics. … The book will be of use to any student or scholar of classical antiquity; it is a short, excellent introduction to a highly technical subject. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003e... this practical and readable book ... * The Journal of Classics Teaching, JACT Third Series, Number 4, Spring *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One: The Cardinal Numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two: Other Number Words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three: Inclusive Reckoning; ante and poste\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four: Symbols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five: Fractions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six: Simple Arithmetic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven: Linear Measures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eight: Measuring Area and Volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Nine: Measuring Weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Ten: Measuring Capacity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eleven: Measuring Value\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Twelve: Some Financial Matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Thirteen: Sizes of Pipes and Nozzles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Fourteen: Measuring Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex of Passages Quoted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex of Words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043137945943,"sku":"9781904675181","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781904675181.jpg?v=1750957156","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/numbering-and-measuring-in-the-classical-world-9781904675181","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}