Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- PART I THE INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF FOOD CRISIS
- 1 Famine and shortage
- 2 The frequency of food crisis
- 3 The infrequency of famine
- PART II SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
- PART III FOOD SUPPLY AND FOOD CRISIS IN ATHENS C. 600–322 BC
- PART IV FOOD SUPPLY AND FOOD CRISIS IN ROME C. 509 BC – AD 250
- CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The infrequency of famine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- PART I THE INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF FOOD CRISIS
- 1 Famine and shortage
- 2 The frequency of food crisis
- 3 The infrequency of famine
- PART II SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
- PART III FOOD SUPPLY AND FOOD CRISIS IN ATHENS C. 600–322 BC
- PART IV FOOD SUPPLY AND FOOD CRISIS IN ROME C. 509 BC – AD 250
- CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman WorldResponses to Risk and Crisis, pp. 17 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988