Ancient Geography
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.
| Autor: | Roller, Duane W. |
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| EAN: | 9781784539078 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 304 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | I.B.Tauris |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 18.04.2017 |
| Untertitel: | The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome |
| Schlagworte: | Antike Historische Geografie |
| Größe: | 21 × 184 × 219 |
| Gewicht: | 395 g |
