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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 Information:
London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2011.
Call Number:
CB311 .M34 2011
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9781846144271
Physical Description:
xv, 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.
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