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Waste and Pollution in the Ancient Roman Empire

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Dec 30, 2016

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This article describes select examples of waste management from the Roman Empire (27 BCE to 365 CE). Classical written sources and anthropological and archeological literature were studied. The central theme of this paper is ancient man’s relationship with waste and his responses to pollution.

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English
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Geosciences, Geosciences, other, Life Sciences, Ecology