9781734003116-1734003111-New Directions in the Study of Ancient Geography (Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians)

New Directions in the Study of Ancient Geography (Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians)

ISBN-13: 9781734003116
ISBN-10: 1734003111
Edition: 1
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Association of Ancient Historians
Format: Hardcover 208 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781734003116
ISBN-10: 1734003111
Edition: 1
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Association of Ancient Historians
Format: Hardcover 208 pages

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New Directions in the Study of Ancient Geography (Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians) (ISBN-13: 9781734003116 and ISBN-10: 1734003111), written by authors Duane W. Roller, was published by Association of Ancient Historians in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent New Directions in the Study of Ancient Geography (Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.35.

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This volume brings together five essays that represent the latest directions in the study of geography in classical antiquity. Arranged chronologically, these contributions cover several hundred years of ancient geographical scholarship, ranging from ancient Mesopotamia and the prehistoric New World to the Roman Empire, and deal with topics such as ancient cosmology, literary interpretations of geography, ancient navigation, and geography in the Roman Imperial world.

Beginning in the ancient Near East, Paul T. Keyser’s essay considers how Greek scholars—whose views on the cosmos are still relevant today—were influenced by early Near Eastern beliefs about the universe. Moving to the Hellenistic period, Duane W. Roller presents a text of and commentary on a navigational guide for Ptolemaic seamen written by Ptolemy II’s chief of naval staff, Timosthenes of Rhodes. Georgia L. Irby provides an analysis of a literary map—the Shield of Aeneas from Vergil’s Aeneid—as well as a detailed study of Pomponius Mela and his Chorographia, the earliest surviving Greco-Roman geographical treatise and the only extant independent geographical work in Latin. An essay by Molly Ayn Jones-Lewis completes the volume by describing how Tacitus’s Germania, of the early second century AD, is a work heavily reliant on environmental determinism, an issue that is still relevant today.

Together, these essays demonstrate the great diversity of ancient geographical scholarship, both in antiquity and in modern times. This volume will be greeted with enthusiasm by ancient historians and classical studies scholars, particularly those interested in the cultural and political facets of geography.

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