Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: the Cartographic Fundamentals in Retrospect

Abstract

In time, space or purpose, the prospect of any close link between the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World [1] and the Historical Atlas of Canada [2] might seem remote indeed. As editor of the former, however, I instantly realized otherwise when first encountering the reflections of the director (Dean) and two editors of the latter (Cole Harris, Holdsworth) on their experience published in Editing Early and Historical Atlases: Papers given at the 29th annual conference on editorial problems, University of Toronto, 5-6 November 1993. [3] Naturally, to learn that in a quite different field others before you had wrestled with similar dilemmas, and had chosen to resolve them in broadly similar ways, is not enough to place your own choices beyond reproach. But such a discovery does offer reassurance; it acts to relieve a depressing sense of isolation, and demonstrates that your own painful choices need no longer be regarded as merely idiosyncratic.

MOvEIT: a Proof of Concept of a Road Graph for Late Antique Egypt

“…While the precise position of a site can be in most cases clearly defined thanks to a long tradition of archaeological and literary studies, the same cannot be said for the communication network. Two primary sources have been used to build the graph: the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (Talbert and Bagnall 2000) and the hydrographic network of Egypt. The Barrington Atlas was used in its already digital, GIS-ready, format developed and openly distributed by the Ancient World Mapping Center 3 (fig.…”

Not the same landscape. Rediscussing digital approaches to premodern spatial knowledge systems

“…Of course, there are limitations: somehow against the notion of a 'travel guide' , the resulting visualizations privilege a cartographic, bird's eye view, and do not allow for a hodological perspective. 11 An additional issue is the general 7 Which derived nonetheless from a traditional print atlas, the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (Talbert 2000). 8 Pelagios Project: https://pelagios.org/.…”

Ties of Resistance and Cooperation. Aedemon, Lusius Quietus and the Baquates

“…From a strategic point of view, this aim is fairly reasonable. The region was separated from the eastern part of Mauretania by mountain ranges through which no road may have led even in Roman times (Hamdoune 1995, Marion 1960, Talbert 2000, Thomasson 1982. Aedemon may have perceived this poorly accessible region as a relatively safe haven for his followers, which probably comprised (a part of) the royal military staff and their units as well as members of Ptolemaeus' court.…”