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URBS is the first international series to provide the fields of classical archaeology and architectural history with a specialized forum for the discussion of current questions in urban studies. Its goal is to bring architectural and urban analyses into productive dialogue with the sociology of space. The study of classical antiquity is central to the series, but so are its predecessors and neighboring cultures, as well as the receptions of Greece and Rome in Late Antiquity, the Islamic world, the medieval West, and the modern era.
Shaping, measuring and perceiving time has become crucial within the social fabric of most cultures. The book explores from the fifth century B. C. to late antiquity what types of chronometers came into use and how they measured time; when, where and why they became part of the societies of Greece and Rome; and by and for whom they were commissioned, designed and set up. For this purpose for the first time, some 500 chronometric instruments and their inscriptions from all over the classical world have been brought together to scrutinise questions such as form, typology, chronology, setting, function and context. Sundials constitute the majority of the material (c. 80%), followed by various types of chronometers, mainly water clocks. The particular contextual approach made it possible to define individuals and groups of people linked to time measurement; and, in consequence, to determine at least some of the primary functions of the chronometers set up in the societies of ancient Greece and Rome.

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Eva Winter

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Chronometry/ Antiquity Inscriptions/Chronometry Sundials Water Clocks Zeitmessung/Antike Sonnenuhr Wasseruhr Inschriften/Zeitmessung

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"[...] eine lohnenswerte und sehr anregende Zusammenschau [...]"Anja Wolkenhauer in: Gymnasium 124.3 (2017): 299-302
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