Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World

by Richard J.A. Talbert

Map-by-Map Directory A Map-by-Map Directory to the Barrington Atlas is a separate two-volume print edition of close to 1,500 pages. The Directory is designed to provide information about every place or feature in the Barrington Atlas. The section for each map comprises: a concise text drawing attention to special difficulties in mapping a region, such as extensive landscape change since antiquity, or uneven modern exploration. a listing of every name and feature on the map, with basic data about the period of occupation, the modern equivalents of ancient placenames, the modern country within which they are located, and brief references to relevant ancient testimony or modern studies. a bibliography of works cited. The Map-by-Map Directory is an essential accompaniment to the Barrington Atlas. As a uniquely rich, comprehensive, up-to-date distillation of evidence and scholarship, it has no match elsewhere and opens the way to an immense variety of further research initiatives

Genres: History, Atlases, Ancient History, Nonfiction, Greece, Classical Studies

1448 pages, Hardcover with CD

First published September 15, 2000

Reviews

[Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easily one of the greatest contemporary cartographic achievements and the most comprehensive classical atlas there is. Its inclusion of details and exhaustive list of references have greatly helped me both in working on my personal academic project and exploring just for interest and fun. The atlas is, of course, not perfect, especially as new archaeological findings routinely rewrite our previous understandings of a site or even an entire region. Yet Barrington Atlas has undoubtedly served as the best companion to thousands of scholars and students working in the fields of classical archaeology; furthermore, the possibility of incorporating the Atlas into more compatible online databases and/or visual tools remain open. I would recommend this volume to anyone who's interested in the geographical perspective of ancient history, as well as novelists who are building their stories in a classical setting -- this book will become one of your best friends.

[Tim Baldini · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a great interest in the ancient Greek and Roman world and I don't know what I would do without this volume. One of the fundamental ways of understanding the ancient world is to know the geography - this atlas greatly facilitates that understanding. Essential in everyway and worth every penny!