Travel and Geography in the Roman Empire

by Adams,Colin; Adams,Colin

• ISBN13: 9780415230346
• ISBN10: 0415230349
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 7/25/2001
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The remains of the Roman roads are a powerful reminder of the travel and communications system that was needed to rule a vats and diverse empire. Yet, few people have questioned just how the Romans--both military and civilians--traveled or examined their geographical understanding in an era that offered a greatly increased potential for moving around and a much larger choice of destinations. The six expert contributors in this volume provide new perspectives on these issues, and some controversial arguments; for instance, travel was not limited to the elite and maps as we know them did not exist in the Empire. With more than forty photographs, maps, and illustrations, this cutting-edge collection provides a new understanding of the role of travel and of the nature of geographical knowledge in the Roman world.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of contributors	ix
Preface	x
Introduction	1	(6)
Colin Adams
The presentation of geographical knowledge for travel and transport in the Roman world: itineraria non tantum adnotata sed etiam picta	7	(15)
Kai Brodersen
Travel, itineraria and tabellaria	22	(45)
Benet Salway
The creation of geography: an interpretation of Roman Britain	67	(28)
Ray Laurence
Transport and communication in the Roman state: the cursus publicus	95	(11)
Anne Kolb
Transport and travel on the Column of Trajan	106	(32)
Jon Coulston
`There and back again': getting around in Roman Egypt	138	(29)
Colin Adams
Afterword: travel and empire	167	(10)
Ray Laurence
Bibliography	177	(19)
Index	196