| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. This edition, in many ways the culmination of a lifetime of study devoted to Rome's merchant marine and her trade with the east, provides an improved text of the Periplus, along with a lucid and reliable translation, a comprehensive general commentary that treats in particular the numerous obscure place-names and technical terms that occur, and a technical commentary that deals with grammatical, lexicographical, and textual matters for readers competent in Greek. An extensive introduction places the Periplus in its historical context. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Greek text, parallel English translation; introduction and commentary in English. |
| Subject |
Periplus maris Erythraei. |
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Commerce -- History -- To 500.
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Commerce. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 500 |
| Subject |
Classical geography.
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Classical geography. |
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Rome -- Commerce -- History.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Red Sea -- Commerce -- History.
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Red Sea. |
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Red Sea Region. |
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Indian Ocean -- Commerce -- History.
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Indian Ocean. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Casson, Lionel, 1914-2009.
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| Added Title |
Periplus Maris Erythraei. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80135263 English & Greek.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Periplus Maris Erythraei. English & Greek. Periplus Maris Erythraei. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1989 0691040605 (DLC) 88015178 (OCoLC)17981015 |
| ISBN |
9781400843206 (electronic book) |
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1400843200 (electronic book) |
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0691040605 |
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9780691040608 |
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