Malaria and rome: a history of malaria in ancient italy
Auteur :
Sallares, Robert
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199248506
Date de publication :
5 sept. 2002
Dimensions :
22,4 x 14,5 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
630 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Malaria and Rome explores the evolution and ecology of malaria, its medical and demographic effects on human populations in antiquity, its social and economic effects, the human responses to it, and the human interpretations of it. It argues that malaria became increasingly prevalent in Roman times.