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Title

Cities of the classical world : an atlas and gazetteer of 120 centres of ancient civilization / Colin McEvedy ; edited by Douglas Stuart Oles.

Author

McEvedy, Colin.

Publication

London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2011.

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Details

Description

xv, 432 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The key feature of Cities of the Classical World is 120 specially drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defenses, monuments and places of worship.

Alternative Title

Atlas and gazetteer of 120 centres of ancient civilization

Subject

• Cities and towns, Ancient
• Extinct cities
• Cities and towns, Ancient > Maps
• Extinct cities > Maps
• Historical geography > Maps
• History, Ancient
• Civilization, Ancient
• Historical geography
• Altertum
• Stadt

Genre/Form

• Atlas.
• Wörterbuch.
• Maps.

Note

• Maps on lining papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Alexandria (Egypt) -- Amasya (turkey) -- Amman (Jordan) -- Antioch (Turkey) -- Antioch in Pisidia (Turkey) -- Aosta (Italy) -- Aphrodisias (Turkey) -- Apollonia (Libya) -- Aquileia (Italy) -- Aquincum (Hungary) -- Ascoli Piceno (Italy) -- Assur (Iraq) -- Athens (Greece) -- Augsburg (Germany) -- Autun (France) -- Avenches (Switzerland) -- Babylon (Iraq) -- Benevento (Italy) -- Besançon (France) -- Bologna (Italy) -- Bostra (Syria) -- Caesarea Maritima (Israel) -- Calah (Iraq) -- Capua (Italy) -- Carnuntum (Austria) -- Carthage (Tunisia) -- Chur (Switzerland) -- Cirencester (England) -- Colchester (England) -- Cologne (Germany) -- Constantinople (Turkey) -- Cordoba (Spain) -- Corinth (Greece) -- Ctesiphon (Iraq) -- Cumae (Italy) -- Cyrene (Libya) -- Cyzicus (Turkey) -- Doclea (Montenegro) -- Cur-Sharrukin (Iraq) -- Edirne (Turkey) -- Ephesus (Turkey) -- Genoa (Italy) -- Herculaneum (Italy) -- Hierapolis (Turkey) -- Iol-Caesarea (Algeria) -- Jerash (Jordan) -- Jerusalem (Israel) -- Laodicea Ad Lycum (Turkey) -- Leptis Magna (Libya) -- Lincoln (England) -- London (England) -- Lucca (Italy) -- Lyon (France) -- Mainz (Germany) -- Malatya (Turkey) -- Marseille (France) -- Memphis (Egypt) -- Mérida (Spain) -- Milan (Italy) -- Miletus (Turkey) -- Myra (Turkey) -- Naples (Italy) -- Nineveh (Iraq) -- Ostia (Italy) -- Ovilava (Austria) -- Padua (Italy) -- Paestum (Italy) -- Palmyra (Syria) -- Paris (France) -- Patara (Turkey) -- Pavia (Italy) -- Pergamum (Turkey) -- Perge (Turkey) -- Perinthos (Turkey) -- Petra (Jordan) -- Piacenza (Italy) -- Piraeus (Greece) -- Pompeii (Italy) -- Priene (Turkey) -- Ptolemais (Libya) -- Ratiaria (Bulgaria) -- Ravenna (Italy) -- Reggio (Italy) -- Reims (France) Rhodes (Greece) -- Rieti (Italy) -- Rimini (Italy) -- Rome (Italy) -- Salamis (Cyprus) -- Salona (Croatia) -- Sardis (Turkey) -- Savaria (Hungary) -- Scythopolis (Israel) -- Seleucia on the Tigris (Iraq) -- Sens (France) -- Sepphoris (Israel) -- Side (Turkey) -- Silchester (England) -- Sirmium (Serbia) -- Siscia (Croatia) -- Skopje (Macedonia) -- Smyrna (Turkey) -- Sopianae (Hungary) -- Strasbourg (France) -- Syracuse (Italy) -- Tangier (Morocco) -- Taranto (Italy) -- Tarragona (Spain) -- Thessaloniki (Greece) -- Tomis (Romania) -- Tours (France) -- Trier (Germany) -- Tripoli (Libya) -- Turin (Italy) -- Verona (Italy) -- Viminacium (Serbia) -- Virunum (Austria) -- Xanten (Germany) -- Xanthos (Turkey) -- York (England) -- Population maps.

Call Number

JFE 17-1921

ISBN

• 9781846144271
• 1846144272

OCLC

751738760

Author

McEvedy, Colin.

Title

Cities of the classical world : an atlas and gazetteer of 120 centres of ancient civilization / Colin McEvedy ; edited by Douglas Stuart Oles.

Imprint

London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2011.

Type of Content

text

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

TITLE CONT: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 120 MAPS FROM THE CLASSICAL WORLD W/ COMMENTARY.

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Research Call Number

JFE 17-1921