Between Geography and History: Hellenistic Constructions of the Roman World

Between Geography and History: Hellenistic Constructions of the Roman World......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
List of abbreviations......Page 11
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE......Page 14
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO DISCIPLINES......Page 17
ALL THE WORLD\'S A STAGE: GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND FOCALIZATION......Page 35
UNITY, DISJUNCTION, AND MODELS OF UNIVERSALISM......Page 52
GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIANS: FROM GRUNDY TO THE ANNALES......Page 58
THE DEBT TO HERODOTUS; THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONQUEST......Page 79
INTRODUCTION......Page 90
GEOGRAPHY AS ACOMPONENT (μέρος) OF HISTORY......Page 92
GEOGRAPHY IN THE HISTORY......Page 94
POLYBIUS\' CONCEPTIONS OF SPACE......Page 110
\'PIECEMEAL\' (κατὰ μέρος) AND \'AS-A-WHOLE\' (καθόλου): POLYBIUS\' UNIVERSALISM......Page 127
INTRODUCTION......Page 142
THE PROBLEM OF FRAGMENTARY TEXTS......Page 143
ON OCEAN......Page 152
THE HISTORIES......Page 167
LOCATING UNPLACED FRAGMENTS......Page 184
STOIC \'SYMPATHY\' (συμπάθεια): POSIDONIUS\' UNIVERSALISM......Page 198
INTRODUCTION......Page 206
STRABO AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL TRADITION: SPATIAL SYSTEMS......Page 210
STRABO\'S CIRCULAR MODEL: A WORLD BUILT AROUND ROME?......Page 223
STRABO OF AMASEIA......Page 241
THE PROBLEM OF TIME: A CHANGING WORLD......Page 258
TEMPORAL SYSTEMS: ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE......Page 265
Textual time: Strabo and the tradition......Page 273
The birth and death of cities: πόλις-history......Page 277
The alternative: non-πόλις history......Page 289
THE PRESENT IN THE GEOGRAPHY......Page 294
Geography and history: mutual influences......Page 307
Temporal and regional variations: juggling time and space......Page 312
STRABO\'S UNIVERSALISM......Page 320
THE NATURE OF STRABO\'S γεωγραφία (\'GEOGRAPHY\')......Page 342
Epilogue......Page 350
APPENDIX A: The Arrangement of Posidonius\' Histories......Page 359
Fragment 1 (F 53 E-K) Athenaeus 4. 153C-D......Page 360
Fragment 2 (F 54 E-K) Athenaeus 4. 176B-C......Page 361
Fragment 4 (F 56 Ε-K) Athenaeus 6. 252E......Page 362
Fragment 24 (F 75 Ε-K) Athenaeus 4. 153B-C......Page 363
Fragment 5 (F 57 Ε-K) Athenaeus 4. 152F-153A......Page 364
Fragment 6 (F 58 Ε-K) Athenaeus 12. 549D-E......Page 365
Fragment 7 (F 59 Ε-K) Athenaeus 12. 542B......Page 366
Fragment 8 (F 60 Ε-K) Athenaeus 6. 263C-D......Page 367
Fragment 9 (F 61 Ε-K) Athenaeus 12. 540B-C; 5. 210C-D......Page 368
Fragment 10 (F 62 Ε-K) Athenaeus 12. 527E-F·, 5. 210E-F......Page 369
Fragment 12 (F 64 Ε-K) Athenaeus 4. 153A-B......Page 370
Fragment 14 (F 66 Ε-K) Athenaeus 13. 594D-E......Page 372
Fragment 15 (F 67 Ε-K) Athenaeus 4. 151E-152D......Page 373
Fragment 16 (F 68 Ε-K) Athenaeus 4. 154A-C......Page 375
Fragment 17 (F 69 Ε-K) Athenaeus 6. 246C-D......Page 376
Fragment 18 (F 67 Ε—Κ) Athenaeus 4. 152D-F......Page 377
Fragment 13 (F 65 Ε-K) Athenaeus 11. 466B-C......Page 378
Fragment 19 (F 70 Ε-K) Athenaeus 9. 369C-D......Page 379
Fragment 20 (F 71 E-K) Athenaeus 15. 692C-D......Page 380
Fragment 21 (F 72 Ε-K) Athenaeus 12. 540A-B; 5. 210E......Page 381
Fragment 23 (F 74 Ε-K) Athenaeus 6. 246D......Page 382
Fragment 26 (F 77 Ε-K) Athenaeus 12. 550A-B......Page 383
Fragment 38 (F 51 Ε-K) Athenaeus 6. 266E-F......Page 384
Fragment 61 (F 52 Ε-K) Athenaeus 9. 401 A......Page 385
APPENDIX C: Strabo\'s Acknowledged Sources Arranged Region by Region......Page 387
Bibliography......Page 392
Index of passages......Page 408
Index of subjects......Page 413