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  • The Geography of Strabo (Vol.1-3)

    Complete Edition

    by Strabo ...
    Translated by W. Falconer, H. C. Hamilton ...
    Strabo's seminal work, "The Geography of Strabo (Vol.1-3)," serves as an invaluable resource for understanding the ancient world through a geographical lens. Composed in the first century BCE, this encyclopedic text blends meticulous observations with rich historical narrative, illustrating the interplay between geography, culture, and politics across various regions of the known world. Strabo'Äôs ... Read more

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  • Geography (Complete 3 Volumes)

    Enriched edition.

    by Strabo, Bret Alden ...
    Translated by W. Falconer, H. C. Hamilton ...
    Strabo's "Geography" is a monumental work that spans three volumes, offering a comprehensive survey of the known world during the early Roman Empire. The text is marked by its meticulous blend of descriptive geography, ethnography, and historical accounts, intricately detailing various regions, peoples, and cultures. Strabo's literary style is both erudite and accessible, employing a systematic ... Read more

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  • The Geography of Strabo

    by Strabo ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Strabo (64/63 BC c. AD 24), was a Greek geographer, philosopher and historian. Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey), a city that he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea. Pontus had recently fallen to the Roman Republic, and although politically he was a proponent of Roman imperialism, ... Read more

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  • The Geography of Strabo (Vol.1-3)

    Complete Edition

    by Strabo ...
    Translated by H. C. Hamilton, W. Falconer ...
    The Geography of Strabo is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek by Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman Empire of Greek descent. In his 17 books, divided into three volumes, Strabo deals with ancient physical geography and chorography, by which he means political geography. The two are combined in this work, which makes a "circuit of the earth" ... Read more

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  • Primary Accounts of African Civilization: The Meroe, Kush, and Axum

    by Herodotus, Ezana, Strabo, Dio Cassius & Procopius ...
    Primary Accounts of African Civilization: The Meroe, Kush, and Axum is a collection of accounts about African civilizations written by some of the oldest and most prominent historians of antiquity, including Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, who lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425 BC) and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their ... Read more

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  • The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3)

    by Strabo ...
    The Geography of Strabo is a monumental work that provides a comprehensive description of the known world during Strabo's time. This volume delves into the geographical, cultural, and political aspects of various regions, offering insights into the ancient understanding of geography. Strabo's meticulous observations and detailed accounts serve as a valuable resource for historians and geographers ... Read more

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  • The Great Historians of the Ancient World (Illustrated) In 3 vol. Vol. I

    The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, The Histories by Herodotus, Anabasis by Xenophon, The Histories of Polybius, Plutarch Lives by Plutarch and others

    by Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, Plutarch, Strabo ...
    Translated by Richard Crawley, A. D. Godley, H. G. Dakyns, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, John Dryden, H. C. Hamilton ...
    Most of what is known of the ancient world comes from the accounts of antiquity's own historians.Ancient history is the aggregate of past events from the beginning of writing and recorded human history and extending as far as post-classical history.Historians have two major ways of understanding the ancient world: archaeology and the study of source texts. Primary sources are those sources closest ... Read more

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  • The Geography of Strabo

    by Strabo ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Strabo (64/63 BC – c. AD 24), was a Greek geographer, philosopher and historian. Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey), a city that he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea. Pontus had recently fallen to the Roman Republic, and although politically he was a proponent of Roman imperialism, ... Read more

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  • Greek and Roman Accounts of India

    by Herodotus, Pliny the Elder & Strabo ...
    Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425 BC) and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced is a record of his investigation of the origins ... Read more

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  • The Real Story of Rome: 15 History Books by Roman Authors

    Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, The Annals, Germania, The Roman History, The Antiquities of the Jews

    by Julius Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Suetonius, Plutarch, Polybius, Sallust, Flavius Josephus, Strabo ...
    The Real Story of Rome is a compelling anthology that encapsulates the breadth and depth of Roman historiography. The works in this edition were not written by modern historians separated by millenniums from the intrigues in Roman forum and the field of battles with strange tribes and ruthless barbarians. These works were all written by the citizens of the empire - by generals who knew all too ... Read more

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  • Primary Accounts of the Ancient Civilizations of North Africa

    by Herodotus, Procopius & Strabo ...
    Primary Accounts of the Ancient Civilizations of North Africa is a collection of accounts about African civilizations written by some of the oldest and most prominent historians of antiquity, including Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, who lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425 BC) and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy ... Read more

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  • The Geography of Strabo (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. A Hellenistic-Roman survey of the Mediterranean: cartography, ethnography, and topography from Asia Minor to Italy under Augustan rule

    by Strabo, Julian Bailey, Julian Bailey ...
    Translated by H. C. Hamilton, W. Falconer ...
    These opening volumes of The Geography of Strabo present an ambitious synthesis: a survey of the known world that joins mathematical cartography to ethnographic narrative. Strabo expounds method, critiques Homer, Eratosthenes, Polybius, and Hipparchus, and proceeds through the western Mediterranean and Italy, recording topography, resources, myths, and routes. His style, poised between periegesis ... Read more

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