Classical geography

Geography in classical antiquity

by Brodersen, Kai, Duiḳ, Daniʼelah

fromKey themes in ancient history

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What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? I…

Geography in classical antiquity

by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela

fromKey themes in ancient history

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"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …

Geography in classical antiquity

by Brodersen, Kai, Duiḳ, Daniʼelah

fromKey themes in ancient history

0 Type: Book

"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …

Geography in classical antiquity

by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela

fromKey themes in ancient history

0 Type: Book

"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …

Geography in classical antiquity

by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela

fromKey themes in ancient history

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An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.

Historical and topographical guide to the geography of strabo

by Roller, Duane W.

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Strabo's Geography, completed in the early first century AD, is the primary source for the history of Greek geography. This Guide provides the first English analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the author's The Geography of Str…

Three ancient geographical treatises in translation: Hanno, the King Nikomedes Periplous, and Avienus

by Avienus, Rufius Festus, Roller, Duane W., Pseudo-Scymnus, Hanno

fromRoutledge Classical Translations

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"This volume is a translation and commentary of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the Periplous Dedicated to King Nikomedes, from the last half of the second century BC, and Avienus, from the fourth century AD. The modern transl…

THREE ANCIENT GEOGRAPHICAL TREATISES IN TRANSLATION: hanno, the king nikomedes... periplous, and avien…

by Roller, Duane W.

fromRoutledge Classical Translations

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"This volume is a translation and commentary of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the Periplous Dedicated to King Nikomedes, from the last half of the second century BC, and Avienus, from the fourth century AD. The modern transl…

Three ancient geographical treatises in translation: Hanno, the King Nikomedes Periodos, and Avienus

by Avienus, Rufius Festus, Roller, Duane W., Pseudo-Scymnus, Hanno

fromRoutledge Classical Translations

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"This volume is a translation and commentary of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the Periplous Dedicated to King Nikomedes, from the last half of the second century BC, and Avienus, from the fourth century AD. The modern transl…

The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchan…

The Periplus Maris Erythraei: text with introduction, translation, and commenta…

by Casson, Lionel

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The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchan…

The Periplus Maris Erythraei: text with introduction, translation, and commenta…

by Casson, Lionel

fromACLS Humanities E-Book

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The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchan…