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Well organised and laid out with attractive features for students, this book covers the subject of writing about ancient history.

Since its first publication in 1995, Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History has proved to be an invaluable resource for students of the ancient world looking t

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.