Guide to the Geography of Pliny the Elder

List of contents

Part I. Pliny's List of Sources; Part II. Cosmology; Part III. Southern Europe; Part IV. The Greek Peninsula and Interior Europe; Part V. Africa and Western Asia; Part VI. The Remainder of Asia.

About the author

Duane W. Roller is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the Ohio State University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Geography of Strabo (Cambridge, 2014), A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo (Cambridge, 2018), Cleopatra: A Biography (2010), and Empire of the Black Sea (2020).

Summary

The first English commentary on the geographical books of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, one of the few geographical works to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity. Analyses Pliny's sources, toponyms, and understanding of the place of the earth in the cosmos. Elucidates the status of geography under the High Roman Empire.

Product details

• Authors: Duane W. (Ohio State University) Roller
• Assisted by: Duane W. Roller (Editor), Duane W. (Ohio State University) Roller (Editor), Roller Duane W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108481809
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48180-9
• No. of pages: 500
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, History of Science, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE