Travel in the Ancient World

by: Casson, L.

Price: 36,00 EURO

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The only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a comprehensive review of ancient travel, from the first recorded voyages to Old Kingdom Egypt through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the fourth century and later. Lionel Casson tells who traveled and why (government business, trade, health, vacationing, tourism). He describes the ships, carts, carriages, and other means of conveyance; roads and waterways; bars and their drinks, restaurants and their food, inns and their accommodations. He devotes particular attention to tourism: the standard itineraries, the favored sights, museums, guides, guidebooks, and standards of tourist behavior. Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, Travel in the Ancient World now returns to print in paperback with a new preface and a supplement that brings the documentation up to date.

Contents:
Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition 8 (1)
Author's Preface 9 (12)
PART ONE: THE NEAR EAST AND GREECE 21 (94)
1 In the Beginning: 3000-1200 B.C.
21 (23)
2 In the Beginning: 1200-500 B.C.
44 (14)
3 Expanding Horizons
58 (7)
4 Trade and Travel in Classical Greek Times (500-300 B.C.)
65 (30)
5 The First Travel Writer
95 (20)
PART TWO: TRAVEL IN ROMAN TIMES 115 (114)
6 One World
115 (13)
7 A Miscellany of Travellers
128 (10)
8 On Holiday
138 (11)
9 On the Sea
149 (14)
10 Roman Roads
163 (13)
11 On the Road
176 (21)
12 Inns and Restaurants
197 (22)
13 Mail
219 (10)
PART THREE: TOURISTS AND TOURING IN ROMAN TIMES 229 (101)
14 The Sights to See
229 (9)
15 Museums
238 (15)
16 The Itinerary
253 (9)
17 Sightseeing
262 (30)
18 Baedeker of the Ancient World
292 (8)
19 To the Holy Lands
300 (30)
List of Abbreviations 330 (4)
Notes 334 (34)
Addenda to Notes 368 (7)
Index 375

Travel in the Ancient World

by: Casson, L.

• ISBN-13: 9780801848087 / 978-0-8018-4808-7
• ISBN-03: 0801848083 / 0-8018-4808-3
• The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1994

Price: 36,00 EURO

1 copy in stock