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Title: Between Geography and History: Hellenistic Constructions of the Roman World
Author: Clarke, Katherine
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Publication Date: 2001
Paperback; ISBN: 9780199248261
Volumes: 1; Pages: 424
List Price in Paper: $58.00 Our price: $52.99
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The Roman empire radically affected geographical conceptions, evoking new ways of describing the earth and of constructing its history. This book explores the writings of three literary figures of the age: Polybius, Posidonius, and Strabo. They use, but transform, pre-existing Greek traditions in order to describe the new world of Rome.ContentsI. Geographical and Historiographical TraditionsII. Polybius and the "Geographical" HistoryIII. Posidonius: Geography, History, and StoicismIV. Strabo and SpaceV. Strabo and TimeVI. Strabo's Universalism: Geography, History, Rewriting the Roman WorldEpilogueAPPENDIX A: The Arrangement of Posidonius' HistoriesAPPENDIX B: The Fragments of Posidonius' HistoriesAPPENDIX C: Strabo's Acknowledged Sources Arranged Region by RegionBibliographyIndex of passagesIndex of subjects
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