'Roman Disasters' looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Ro
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Table of contents :
Images
Tables
Acknowledgements
1. What is a Disaster?
2. Rome’s Disasters
3. The Disaster Experience
4. Dealing with the Aftermath
5. Thinking about Disaster
6. A Culture of Risk
7. Narratives of Disaster
8. Inflicting Catastrophe
9. The Psychological Impact
10. Roman Disasters in Context
Notes
Bibliography
Index