The Anatolian Roads Project is dedicated to research in the field of the Roman road system located in ancient Anatolia, present-day Turkey. The site is sponsored by the History department of Wisconsin Lutheran College under the direction of Dr. Glen L. Thompson and by the Asia Minor Research Center under the direction of Dr. Mark …
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Hierokles, “Synekdemos”: an interactive web map
Early in the reign of Justinian, an otherwise unidentified author named Hierokles composed the Synekdemos, a sprawling list of the provinces and major cities of the Eastern Roman Empire. Containing nearly a thousand toponyms, the Synekdemos is an unparalleled source on the geography of the Byzantine world. It not only indicates the administrative …
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Ancient World Mapping Center – Maps for Texts: Ptolemy, Table of Important Cities
Ancient World Mapping Center: Maps for Texts.
In this series, the Center compiles maps for ancient texts which can be usefully illustrated in this way. Naturally, the likelihood is that in most, perhaps all, instances these texts were not originally accompanied by maps. The series is openly licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0.
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