Human frailty and mortality influence the structure and functioning of all societies; therefore questions of how the ancients coped with their own mortality, how they sought to classify and control the causes of death, and how they treated the dying and the dead, are central to any understanding of antiquity. This volume draws upon recent research in archaeology, ancient history, and the history of medicine to evaluate all these issues. It addresses a range of topics including views of ancient disease causation; public and private health measures; how the natural and urban environment...