What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek
and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they
know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign
countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and
distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physical and cultural
world are a key aspect of ancient history, but until now there has
been no up-to-date modern overview of the subject. This book
explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in
Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for
describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey
relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts
but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual
monuments.
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