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Guide to the Geography of Pliny the Elder: Volume 2, Commentary by Duane W. Roller (2022, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108481809

ISBN-139781108481809

eBay Product ID (ePID)11057243111

Product Key Features

Number of Pages650 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGuide to the Geography of Pliny the Elder: Volume 2, Commentary

Publication Year2022

SubjectAncient / General, Earth Sciences / Geography

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, History

AuthorDuane W. Roller

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2022-011220

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingA

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal911.3

Table Of ContentPart 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.

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisThe 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., This is the first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of Pliny the Elder, written in the AD 70s. Pliny's account is the longest in Latin, and represents the geographical knowledge of that era, when the Roman Empire was the dominant force in the Mediterranean world. The work serves both cultural and ideological functions: much of it is topographical, but it also demonstrates the political need to express a geographical basis for the importance of the Roman state. In five books, Pliny covers the entire world as it was known in his era and includes some of the first information on the extremities of the inhabited region, including Scandinavia and the Baltic, eastern Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. The commentary provides a detailed analysis of all the points Pliny raises: his sources, toponyms, and understanding of the place of the earth in the cosmos.

LC Classification NumberG87