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Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened

The debate that has arisen around the concept of the Anthropocene forms the basis of this book. It investigates certain forms of environmental interrelation and

How did ancient societies change the environment and how do their actions continue to affect us today? In this dramatically revised and expanded second edition

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