Andy Merrills: Roman Geographies of the Nile

Cover: 9781316628287 | Roman Geographies of the Nile | Andy Merrills | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

This book examines the Romans' many representations of the Nile, and what they tell us about geographical understanding in the ancient world.

Über den Autor

Andy Merrills is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Leicester. He is the author of two books: History and Geography in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2005), and The Vandals (with Richard Miles, 2010). He has held research fellowships at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Sydney.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: what we talk about when we talk about Roman geography; 1. A world full of maps? Public 'chorographies' in late Republican and early Imperial Rome; 2. The dismembered Nile: the geography of triumphs and monuments; 3. Gazing on the Nile: the domestication of the river; 4. Creatio ex Nilo: metaphysics and the unknowable river; 5. This river is a jumbled line, perhaps? (4): journeys and lines; 6. Triumph and disaster: rendering the river in verse; Afterword: the many Niles of the Elder Pliny.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781316628287
ISBN-10:	1316628280
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Merrills, Andy
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Andy Merrills
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.08.2021
Gewicht:	0,516 kg