A Map of the Body, a Map of the Mind: Visualising Geographical Knowledge in the Roman World

by Iain Ferris

A Map of the Body, a Map of the Mind considers the relationship between geography and power in the ancient Roman world, and most particularly the visualisation of geographical knowledge in myriad forms of geography products, including geographical treatises, histories, poems, personifications, landscape representations, images of barbarian peoples, maps, itineraries, and imported foodstuffs. As Rome broke its political bounds and headed towards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803277815
• ISBN13: 9781803277813
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 350 Pages