9781784539078-1784539074-Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome (Library of Classical Studies)

Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome (Library of Classical Studies)

ISBN-13: 9781784539078
ISBN-10: 1784539074
Edition: Reprint
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Format: Paperback 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781784539078
ISBN-10: 1784539074
Edition: Reprint
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Format: Paperback 304 pages

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Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome (Library of Classical Studies) (ISBN-13: 9781784539078 and ISBN-10: 1784539074), written by authors Duane W. Roller, was published by I.B. Tauris in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Greece (Ancient Civilizations History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome (Library of Classical Studies) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Greece books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.24.

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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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