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Strabo

Greek geographer and historian
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François Lasserre
Professor of Classical Greek, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Born:
c. 64 bce, Amaseia, Pontus
Died:
after 21 ce
Notable Works:
“Geography”
“Historical Sketches”
Subjects Of Study:
geography
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Strabo (born c. 64 bce, Amaseia, Pontus—died after 21 ce) was a Greek geographer and historian whose Geography is the only extant work covering the whole range of peoples and countries known to both Greeks and Romans during the reign of Augustus (27 bce–14 ce). Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of Greek geographical science, as well as of the history of the countries it surveys. Strabo belonged on his mother’s side to a famous family, whose members had held important offices under Mithradates V (c. 150–120 bce) as well as under ...(100 of 1357 words)

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