Man and Animal in Severan Rome
Smith, Steven D. (Hofstra University, New York)![Man and Animal in Severan Rome](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/161/16108053/CHSBZCOP0316108053.jpg)
This book argues that Aelian's important work on animals, the De natura animalium, represents a sophisticated literary critique of Severan Rome. His fascination with animals reflects the cultural issues of his day: philosophy, religion, the exoticism of Egypt and India, sex, gender, and imperial politics.