Travel and Geography in the Roman Empire - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415230349 ISBN 13: 9780415230346

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

The remains of Roman roads are a powerful reminder of the travel and communications system that was needed to rule a vast and diverse empire. Yet few people have questioned just how the Romans - both military and civilians - travelled, or examined their geographical understanding in an era which offered a greatly increased potential for moving around, and a much bigger choice of destinations.
This volume provides new perspectives on these issues, and some controversial arguments; for instance, that travel was not limited to the elite, and that maps as we know them did not exist in the empire. The military importance of transport and communication networks is also a focus, as is the imperial post system (cursus publicus), and the logistics and significance of transport in both conquest and administration.
With more than forty photographs, maps and illustrations, this collection provides a new understanding of the role and importance of travel, and of the nature of geographical knowledge, in the Roman world,

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About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415230349
• ISBN 13: 9780415230346
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Adams Colin, Laurence Ray