{"product_id":"living-with-risk-in-the-late-roman-world-hardcover","title":"Living with Risk in the Late Roman World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCam Grey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the ever-present experiences of risk that characterized the daily existence of individuals, communities, and societies in the late Roman world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving with Risk in the Late Roman World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ever-present experiences of risk that characterized the daily existence of individuals, communities, and societies in the late Roman world (late third century CE through mid-sixth century CE). Recognizing the vital role of human agency, author Cam Grey bases his argument on the concept of the riskscape: the collection of risks that constitute everyday lived experience, the human perception of those risks, and the actions that exploit, mitigate, or exacerbate them. In contrast to recent grand narratives of the fate of the late Roman Empire, \u003ci\u003e Living with Risk in the Late Roman World\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the quotidian practices of mitigation and management, foreknowledge and prediction, and mobilization and manipulation of risks at the individual and community levels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrey illustrates the ubiquity of these practices through a collection of anecdotes that emphasize the highly localized, heterogeneous, and complementary nature of riskscapes: members of local communities enlisting figures of power to neutralize the hazards posed by imminent catastrophes, be it a tsunami, earthquake, or volcanic eruption; Christian holy figures both suffering and imposing bodily affliction as part of their claims to control such hazards and thereby to exercise influence in these communities; intimate experiences of seasonality and weather that shaped local practices of subsistence but also of self-representation; and geographically specific and fiercely contested claims to special knowledge and control of water. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMultidisciplinary in its methodology and provocative in its argumentation, \u003ci\u003eLiving with Risk in the Late Roman World\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that human communities in the ancient past were inextricably intertwined with the world around them, and that the actions they took simultaneously responded to and shaped the risks--both hazardous and favorable--that they perceived.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCam Grey is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of \u003ci\u003eConstructing Communities in the Late Roman Countryside.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430933512370,"sku":"9781512827392","price":114.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fa9da3c3cf8c25f10536f0375eb831ca.webp?v=1778580216","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/living-with-risk-in-the-late-roman-world-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}