CiNii 図書 - World and hour in Roman minds : exploratory essays

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World and hour in Roman minds : exploratory essays

Richard J.A. Talbert

Oxford University Press, c2023

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction
(Part I: World and Empire in the Mind's Eye)
Oswald Dilke's Greek and Roman maps (1985)
China and Rome: the awareness of space
Grasp of geography in Caesar's war narratives
Trevor Murphy's Pliny the Elder's natural history: the empire in the Encyclopedia (2004)
An English translation of Pliny's geographical books for the twenty-first century
Boundaries Within the Roman Empire
Rome's provinces as framework for worldview
Worldview reflected in Roman military diplomas
Author, audience and the Roman Empire in the Antonine itinerary
John Matthews' The Journey of Theophanes: travel, business, and daily life in the Roman East (2006)
(Part II: Maps for Whom and Why)
The unfinished state of the Artemidorus Map: what is missing, and why?
Claudius' use of a map in the Roman Senate
Cartography and taste in Peutinger's Roman map
Peutinger's map: the physical landscape framework
Copyists' engagement with the Peutinger map
(Part III: From Space to Time)
Roads not featured: a Roman failure to communicate?
Roads in the Roman world: strategy for the way forward
Communicating through maps: the Roman case
Roman concern to know the hour in broader historical context
Bibliography
Ancient texts and maps
Modern scholarship
Index