Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. Preface 11
5. 1. History, environment, population and cultural life 15
6. 2. Health facilities in the cities of Roman North Africa 57
7. 3. Greek, Roman and Christian views on the causes of infectious epidemic diseases 79
8. 4. The knowledge and competence of physicians in the late Roman Empire 97
9. 5. Vindicianus 117
10. 6. Theodorus Priscianus on drugs and therapies 141
11. 7. More fifth-century Latinizers 157
12. 8. Augustine and the medical scene in Roman North Africa in the late fourth and early fifth centuries 181
13. 9. Reciprocal influences 197
14. 10. The role of Roman North Africa in the preservation and transmission of medical knowledge 219
15. Bibliography 231
16. Index Locorum 245
17. Index 251