Archaeological remains as a source of evidence for Roman Medicine
In this paper, I will provide general information about what has been said by scholars on the archaeology of medical tools and valetudinaria (hospitals) with comparisons to ancient medical texts.
Muscularity and the Western Medical Tradition
If muscularity is then a uniquely Western focus, how did this emphasis arise? The prominence of fantastically muscular figures in Western art suggests that muscularity was seen as essential to human identity.
Conjurers, Purifiers, Vagabonds And Quacks? The Clinical Roles of the Folk and Hippocratic Healers of Classical Greece
This paper investigates the clinical roles these folk healers played in an attempt to challenge this depiction by their Hippocratic rivals.
Alexander the Great and West Nile Virus Encephalitis
Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BC. His death at age 32 followed a 2-week febrile illness. Speculated causes of death have included poisoning, assassination, and a number of infectious diseases.
The Death of Cleopatra
This article, which focuses on the last days of Cleopatra and Antony, draws much of its evidence from the writing of Plutarch, a Greek who lived roughly a century after Cleopatra and based his information on contemporary texts which are no longer extant, and on the memoirs of Cleopatra’s physician, Olympus.
Burial customs and the pollution of death in ancient Rome: procedures and paradoxes
In this study the traditions relating to the correct preparation of the body and the subsequent funerary procedures leading up to inhumation or incineration are reviewed and the influence of social status is considered.
The Deadly Styx River and the Death of Alexander
Plutarch, Arrian, Diodorus, Justin, and other ancient historians report that rumors of poisoning arose after the death of Alexander in Babylon in 323 BC.
Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion
It has been used in many parts of the world and in many time periods; but is perhaps best known today as a cruel method of social control and punishment in the Roman Empire around 2000 years ago.
