Numbering & Measuring In The Classical World An Introductory Handbook

This is a brief introduction to Greek and Roman ways of expressing numbers, weights and measures -- matters often buried in footnotes or an appendix, through the symbols and calculations used in the classical world have an interest in themselves and often reveal unexpected aspects of the cultures that employed them. Avoiding the aridity of larger, more technical treatments, Richardson offers a fluid and readable text, enhanced by frequent tabulations and by specific examples, quoted from a very wide variety of ancient sources, both in the original and in translation. It is very fully indexed and cross-referenced.Richardson, William F. is the author of 'Numbering & Measuring In The Classical World An Introductory Handbook', published 2004 under ISBN 9781904675181 and ISBN 1904675182.