The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome /
Author: Chris Scarre
Penguin Books
1995
Pages: 144
ISBN: 0-670-86464-1
Format: pdf
Quality: Good
Language: English
Size: 17,69 mb

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome is an introduction to the Roman Empire based on maps. The Romans themselves made maps of their empire, though little of these have survived apart from the so-called Peutingcr Table (a medieval copy) and fragments such as the marble map of Rome. It is other sources, then, which have been used to compile the present volume, and they arc of broadly two kinds: historical and literary on the one hand (what the Romans said about themselves), and archaeological and architectural on the other.