Strabo

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Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian best known for his 17-volume work "Geographica," which described the peoples and places of the known world in his time.

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instanceOf Classical-era Greek person ⓘ
ancient Greek geographer ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Augustan age ⓘ
authorOf Geographica ⓘ
birthDate c. 64 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Amaseia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate c. 24 CE ⓘ
describedRegion Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Libya (North Africa) ⓘ
linked to: Libya
education studied in Nysa under Aristodemus ⓘ
studied philosophy ⓘ
studied rhetoric ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork ethnography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
topography ⓘ
genre geographical literature ⓘ
historical prose ⓘ
philosophical prose ⓘ
influenced Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus

Renaissance geographers ⓘ
later Roman geographers ⓘ
medieval geographers ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Eratosthenes ⓘ
Hipparchus ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Posidonius ⓘ
knownFor describing the known world of his time ⓘ
integration of history and geography ⓘ
systematic geographical description ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
methodology combining personal travel with literary sources ⓘ
name Strabo ⓘ
notableWork Geographica ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
sourceFor Roman imperial geography ⓘ
ancient ethnography ⓘ
ancient political geography ⓘ
travel Asia Minor ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
workCount 17 books in Geographica ⓘ
wroteDuringReignOf Augustus ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ

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Canopus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Phlius → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Phrygia → mentionedIn → Strabo ⓘ
Lycia → mentionedInSource → Strabo ⓘ
Antium → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Picenum → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Troezen → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Alfeios River → mentionedIn → Strabo Geography ⓘ
linked to: Strabo
Clazomenae → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Pharsalus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Lampsacus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Illyrians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Pherae → mentionedIn → works of Strabo ⓘ
linked to: Strabo
Amphissa → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Amphissa
Aetolians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Marrucini → describedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Lusitanians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Vestini → knownFrom → Strabo ⓘ
Sicyon → mentionedIn → Strabo’s Geography ⓘ
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Bruttii → historicalSource → Strabo ⓘ
Hyphasis → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Crisa → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Colophon → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
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Ambrysus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Stagira → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
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Abydos → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Lebadea → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Anticyra → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ