Drugs and medicines in the Roman world

Article Abstract:

Romans considered drugs as integral part of food and cosmetics and used them as ingredients for improving the quality of food, perfumes and cosmetics. Three drugs, opos, libanotos, and glechon, were well-known plant derivatives and were used as painkillers and contraceptives. Henna was popular among women for its cosmetic use, and wounds were treated with honey. Milk, pepper, and parts of animals and insects were also used in medical treatment. Well-known physicians and medical texts are discussed along with market conditions.

Health aspects, Usage, Drugs, Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine

---

Off the battlefield: the civilian's view of late Roman soldiers

Article Abstract:

The two aspects of late Roman military life involving the widespread corruption and extortion and the lavish ceremonial displays and parades in the army are discussed. Records show that accounts of late Roman writers and contemporary writers are distinctively contrasting from one another. Contemporary Roman writers tend to be biased on their accounts regarding Roman military life. Late Roman writers, on the other hand, tend to disregard other military activities of the soldiers when they were off the battlefield.

Soldiers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Military aspects, Roman historians

---

Roman surveyors in Corinth, Greece

Article Abstract:

Issues regarding the accuracy of the Roman survey of Corinth, Greece, are discussed. The Corinth Computer Project spent ten years studying the city planning during Roman times, evaluating the accuracy of the Roman surveyor and his instrument, and creating a computer-generated map of the ancient city which can discriminate between various phases of its development.

Greece, Discovery and exploration, Archaeological surveying, Corinth, Greece

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Dilemma tales in the tale type index: the theme of joint efforts. The centrality in folkloristics of motif and tale type
• Abstracts: A doomed people: the collapse of the Hohokam at Pueblo Grande. Eagle eye at NASA
• Abstracts: Faces from the past: first view of early humans from Spain's Pit of Bones. Subway to the past; a new metro system spurs an excavation of unprecedented size
• Abstracts: Mining the mosaics of Roman Zeugma. Athens' coin palace. Roman coin cache discovered
• Abstracts: "Round up the usual suspects": Anthropology goes to the movies. Representations of the land: anthropology and aboriginals

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.