The artes and the emergence of a scientific culture in the early Roman empire

著者

James L. Zainaldin, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee

Cambridge University Press, 2025

Includes bibliographical references (p. 382-423) and indexes

Introduction : the Idea of the artes
The scientific premises for the imperial artes : a view from the late republic
Society, politics, and specialized knowledge in the Early Roman Empire : the artes and their authors
The architectonic ars of architecture : explanation and method in Vitruvius' De architectura
Columella and the new Roman agronomy : the art of agriculture and knowledge of nature in Res rustica
Making a Roman ars of medicine : observation, explanation, and judgement in Celsus' De medicina
The character and growth of the Latin art of war : from ars to exempla
The emergence of an ars mensoria : Frontinus and Hyginus on the historical realities and theoretical Ideals of Roman land-surveying