Space in the Roman World : Its Perception and Presentation

ISBN-13: 9783825874193 / Angielski

Richard J. A. Talbert; Kai Brodersen

Opis

How was space perceived and presented in the Roman world? While it is tempting to assume that any modern historical atlas, with its maps of "the world as the Romans saw it," gives a sufficient answer to these questions, recent research has suggested that the issue is more complex. To explore such questions in more detail, the five original contributions to this volume, by leading experts from Britain, Germany, the United States, and Switzerland, discuss the tradition of scientific geography, Roman itinerary literature, and the Tabula Peutingeriana.

O autorze

Kai Brodersen ist seit 2008 Professor für Antike Kultur an der Universität Erfurt und von 2008 bis 2014 deren Präsident.