Author : Toni Ñaco del Hoyo
Publisher : Akanthina
ISBN 13 : 9788375312171
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Ancient Disasters and Crisis Management in Classical Antiquity by : Toni Ñaco del Hoyo
Download or read book Ancient Disasters and Crisis Management in Classical Antiquity written by Toni Ñaco del Hoyo and published by Akanthina. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia catastrophes, whether those caused by nature, or by human violence, have impacted on historical societies. In the Graeco-Roman world, as nowadays, the immediate consequences of such disasters only anticipated subsequent measures applied by the public authorities, or whoever was in charge thereafter. This volume originated in a workshop funded by a Spanish research grant. Two theoretical chapters deal with the actual meaning of catastrophes for the ancients, as well as how distorted our view of the remote past may be when applying modern terminology such as 'humanitarian crises' to events in the ancient world. The following chapters seek to explore such topics as collateral damage in war, earthquake recovery, breakdown of interstate relations, deportation, and postwar policies implemented on defeated societies.