Publishers Weekly
Beautifully produced with an exquisite combination of scholarly precision and the highest level of cartographic art. . . . It probably will never be superceded.
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Beautifully produced with an exquisite combination of scholarly precision and the highest level of cartographic art, this atlas is one of the greatest achievements in 20th-century Greek and Roman scholarship--and it probably will never be superseded. Publishers Weekly This is mapping on an epic scale, with a team of 70 historians and archaeologists contributing ... over two decades ...[Contributors] have added all the archaeological detail available--the lines of roads, the locations and names of settlements and towns, canals and aqueducts, mines and ports ... showing what you might have seen as you rattled down the Appian Way in your state of the art chariot a couple of thousand years ago. -- Sean Coughlan The Times Literary Supplement This atlas is an indispensable tool for historians concerned with ancient times. But it is also a source of great pleasure for the amateur, the lover of literature. Los Angeles Times Book Review A magnificent achievement. -- Guy Halsall New Scientist A remarkable achievement ... This unique resource is the most comprehensive atlas published on ancient Greece and Rome. Booklist The best geography of the ancient world ever achieved. With 99 maps on 175 pages, it reveals the world inhabited or reached by the Greeks and Romans from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 640 in thrilling detail, and a color code lets us track changes through 16 centuries. The collective learning poured into this project is almost intimidating to contemplate, and the fact that it could be completed testifies to extraordinary planning, dedication and courage ... The cartography is luminous, the printing superb and the binding strong and supple ...This magnificent book is likely to become a powerful engine of learning and discovery for many years. -- D.J.R. Bruckner New York Times Book Review The main point to make is that The Barrington Atlas is a major contribution to scholarship, extensive in scale, reliable and up to date, and so laid out as to be really helpful to the user. -- Jasper Griffin The New York Review of Books [An] essential tool for anyone interested in classical antiquity... it provides, for the first time in recent history, a single bound volume that maps the entire classical world... Superbly edited, this has been called one of the greatest achievements in 20th century Greek and Roman scholarship; it's easy to see why. Library Journal
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