Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome - Couverture souple

Roller, Duane W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784539074 ISBN 13 : 9781784539078

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2017

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Duane W Roller is Professor Emeritus of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. His previous books include The Geography of Strabo: An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes (2014); Cleopatra: A Biography (2010); Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic (2005); and The Building Program of Herod the Great (1998).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784539074
• ISBN 13: 9781784539078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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