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
surface form: Libya (North Africa)
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 Claudius Ptolemaeus
surface form: Ptolemy

Renaissance geographers
later Roman geographers
medieval geographers
influencedBy Aristotle
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Homer
Posidonius of Apamea
surface form: 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 self-link
notableWork Geographica
religion polytheism
sourceFor Roman imperial geography
ancient ethnography
ancient political geography
travel Asia Minor
Egypt
Greece
Italy
Middle East
surface form: Near East
workCount 17 books in Geographica
wroteDuringReignOf Augustus
Tiberius

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Sardanapalus mentionedBy Strabo
Latin "Silva Hercynia" mentionedBy Strabo
subject surface form: Silva Hercynia
Taurisci mentionedBy Strabo
Marsi tribe mentionedBy Strabo
subject surface form: Marsi
Lugii mentionedBy Strabo
Mabbug mentionedBy Strabo
Magnetes from Thessaly mentionedBy Strabo
subject surface form: Magnetes (Thessaly)
Lycians mentionedBy Strabo
Delium mentionedBy Strabo
Margiana mentionedBy Strabo
Mount Latmus mentionedBy Strabo
Atrax mentionedBy Strabo
Crannon mentionedBy Strabo
Gulf of Latmus mentionedBy Strabo
Oxos mentionedBy Strabo
Rhypes mentionedBy Strabo
Lacinium mentionedBy Strabo
Hypaepa mentionedBy Strabo
Citium (Latinized form) mentionedBy Strabo
subject surface form: Citium
Pisa mentionedBy Strabo
subject surface form: Pisa (ancient city in Elis)
Dardanos mentionedBy Strabo
Triphylia mentionedBy Strabo