What is it about?
An academic review of Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography (2015). I identify and discuss a number of themes that run through the volume: maritime perspective, perception of space, measuring and dividing space, and the practice and practitioners of geography.
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Why is it important?
This volume contains many interesting approaches to the field.
Perspectives
Spatial perspectives on the ancient world are fascinating!
Hamish Cameron
Bates College
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This page is a summary of: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. (S.) Bianchetti, (M.R.) Cataudella, (H.-J.) Gehrke (edd.) Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography. The Inhabited World in Greek and Roman Tradition. Pp. xviii + 490, colour ills, maps. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2..., The Classical Review, April 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0009840x17000464.
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