Between Geography and History
Between Geography and History
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This book explores three authors who wrote about the rise of the Roman Empire: Polybius, Posidonius, and Strabo. It examines the overlap between geography and history in their works, and considers the way in which pre-existing traditions were used but transformed in order to describe the new world of Rome.
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Between Geography and History by Katherine Clarke
The late Hellenistic period witnessed the rise of an imperial power whose dominion extended across almost the whole known world. The Roman empire radically affected geographical conceptions, evoking new ways of describing the earth and of constructing its history. In this book the writings of three literary figures of the age are explored: the History of Polybius, two fragmentary works of Posidonius, and the universal Geography of Strabo. Analysis in terms of the philosophical concepts of time and space reveals the generic fluidity of such 'geographical' and 'historical' works. Furthermore, these broadly conceived accounts are shown to be appropriate literary media for the response to Roman power. They use, but transform, pre-existing Greek traditions in order to describe the new world of Rome, making them fitting products of a transitional age. This book provides a new approach to Roman imperialism by considering its impact on historiography and geographical thought.
Clarke's study too draws on many disciplines, postmodern geography and some very serious classical philology among them * Greg Woolf, TLS *
scholarly and intelligent * The Classical Review *
scholarly and intelligent * The Classical Review *
Katherine Clarke, Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and Associate Professor in Ancient History, University of Oxford Katherine Clarke undertook her BA in Classics (Literae Humaniores) at St John's College, Oxford, before going on to obtain her D.Phil. in Ancient History also at Oxford in 1996, where she held a Graduate Scholarship followed by a Junior Research Fellowship, both at Christ Church. In 1998 she was
appointed to the Tutorial Fellowship in Ancient History at St Hilda's College, where she has remained ever since. She was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize for the period 2001-3 and has held various positions of responsibility in both her College and the university's Faculty of Classics
including Vice Principal in College, 2013-16, and Chair of the Sub-Faculty, 2015-17.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199240036 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199240035 |
| Title | Between Geography and History |
| Author | Katherine Clarke |
| Series | Oxford Classical Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2000-01-13 |
| Number of pages | 420 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the Conington Prize 2000 from the University of Oxford. |
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