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245 00 $aTravel and geography in the Roman Empire /$cedited by Colin Adams and Ray Laurence.
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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505 0 $aThe presentation of geographical knowledge for travel and transport in the Roman world: itineraria non tantum adnotata sed etiam picta / Kai Brodersen -- Travel, itineraria and tabellaria / Benet Salway -- The creation of geography: an interpretation of Roman Britain / Ray Laurence -- Transport and communication in the Roman state: the cursus publicus / Anne Kolb -- Transport and travel on the Column of Trajan / Jon Coulston -- 'There and back again': getting around in Roman Egypt / Colin Adams -- Afterword: travel and empire / Ray Laurence.
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520 $aThe 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 empir.
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