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Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome
Contributor(s): Roller, Duane W. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1784539074     ISBN-13: 9781784539078
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
OUR PRICE: $36.70  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Science | Earth Sciences - Geography
- History | Ancient - General
Dewey: 913
Series: Library of Classical Studies
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" L (0.75 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
- Cultural Region - Italy
Features: Maps
 
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Publisher Description:
Since then new texts have appeared (such as the Artemidoros palimpsest), and new editions of existing texts (by geographical authorities who include Agatharchides, Eratosthenes, Pseudo-Skylax and Strabo) have been produced. There has been much archaeological research, especially at the perimeters of the Greek world, and a more accurate understanding of ancient geography and geographers has emerged. The topic is therefore overdue a fresh and sustained treatment. In offering precisely that, Duane Roller explores important topics like knowledge of the world in the Bronze Age and Archaic periods; Greek expansion into the Black Sea and the West; the Pythagorean concept of the earth as a globe; the invention of geography as a discipline by Eratosthenes; Polybios the explorer; Strabo's famous Geographica; the travels of Alexander the Great; Roman geography; Ptolemy and late antiquity; and the cultural reawakening of antique geographical knowledge in the Renaissance, including Columbus' use of ancient sources.
 
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