This work examines the writings of three literary figures of the Hellenistic age - the history of Polybius, two fragmentary works of Posidonius, and the universal geography of Strabo.
"The late Hellenistic period witnessed the rise of an imperial power whose dominion extended across almost the whole known world. The Roman empire radically affected geographical conceptions, evoking new ways of describing the earth and of constructing its history. In this book …
Strabo of Amasia offers an intellectual biography of Strabo, a Greek man of letters, set against the political and cultural background of Augustan Rome. It offers the first full-scale interpretation of the man and his life in English. It emphasises the place and importance of St…
"Strabo was born in Amasia of Pontus in 64 BCE. His Geography shows him as a Greek scholar who absorbed, probably as a product of years spent there as an adult, the political and cultural atmosphere of Augustan Rome, His contemporary Roman political consciousness makes Strabo ar…