Salway, RWB;
(2012)
Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts.
In: Talbert, RJA, (ed.)
Ancient perspectives: maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
(193 - 234).
The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois, US.
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Abstract
Ancient Perspectives encompasses a vast arc of space and time—Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE—to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. Much like today, maps in antiquity meant very different things to different people.
Type: | Book chapter |
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Title: | Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts |
ISBN: | 9780226789378 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A... |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2012 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Geography, cartography |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1379348 |
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