The Maeander Valley: A Historical Geography from Antiquity to Byzantium (Greek Culture in the Roman World) - Hardcover

Thonemann, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107006880 ISBN 13: 9781107006881

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This book is a study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor, from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Using an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ancient land records to hagiographic biographies, Peter Thonemann reveals the complex and fascinating interplay between the natural environment and human activities in the Maeander valley. Both a large-scale regional history and a profound meditation on the role played by geography in human history, this book is an essential contribution to the history of the Eastern Mediterranean in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine Middle Ages.

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Review:

'This is a book to celebrate. Consistently readable, conceptually sophisticated, uncompromisingly scholarly, beautifully illustrated, and elegantly produced by Cambridge University Press (which has done an outstanding job), Thonemann's Maeander sets new standards for regional studies. If anyone were in doubt about the intellectual panache of classics and ancient history in the second decade of the 21st c., here is all the proof they need.' Mark Whittow, Journal of Roman Archaeology

Book Description:

This book is a groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine Middle Ages. It uses an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ancient land records to hagiographic biographies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1107006880
• ISBN 13: 9781107006881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 414