Travel in the First Century After Christ

Klappentext This book, first published in 1901, examines the methods employed by ancients in order to travel through the Roman Empire. Zusammenfassung Caroline Skeel's first publication! originally written for the Gibson Essay Prize in 1898! and published in 1901! examines the methods employed by ancients in order to travel through the Roman Empire! the changing motivations of travellers and how increased opportunity for travel affected religious devotion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Objects of travel; 2. The mechanism of travel; 3. Communication by land; 4. Communication by sea; 5. Communication in Asia Minor; 6. Effects of communication.

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• Authors: Caroline A. J. Skeel, Skeel Caroline A. J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2014
• EAN: 9781107635487
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63548-7
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE