Hannah, Robert, <br/><br/>
Time in antiquity / 
Robert Hannah. 
 - [1st edition]. 
 - xiii, 206 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Sciences of antiquity .
 - Sciences of antiquity. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>Time in antiquity : an introduction -- Cosmic time -- Marking time -- Telling time -- Measuring time -- Conceptions of time -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> 'Before the invention of clocks, what did time mean to people? This book looks at how ancient Greeks and Romans marked the seasons and told the time - from checking the length of their shadows to tracking the rising and setting of the stars. Includes cosmic time, marking time, telling time, measuring time, and conceptions of time. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415331555 0415331552 9780415331562 0415331560 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008028377 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Time--History.<br/>Time--Social aspects--History.<br/>Time measurements--History.<br/>Civilization, Ancient.<br/>Civilization, Ancient.<br/>Time.<br/>Time measurements.<br/>Time--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.