Strabo, Polybios, and the Stade

Pothecary, Sarah

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“…The former was probably used by Polybios (Pothecary, 1995), who may have been a source for Ptolemy's African coast, and both stades have been ascribed to Eratosthenes (see e.g. Pothecary, 1995 …”

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The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's <i>Geography</i> and the location of his prime meridian

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2016

Hist. Geo Space. Sci.

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The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's <i>Geography</i> and the location of his prime meridian

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2016

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A GIS Approach to Finding the Metropolis of Rhapta

Hughes

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2016

Early Exchange Between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World

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A common-sense approach to the problem of the itinerary stadion

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2022

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Estimating the length of the Greek stadion remains controversial. This paper highlights the pitfalls of a purely metrological approach to this problem and proposes a formal differentiation between metrologically defined ancient measuring units and other measures used to estimate long distances. The common-sense approach to the problem is strengthened by some cross-over documentary evidence for usage of the so-called itinerary stadion in antiquity. We discuss the possibility of using statistical analysis methods to estimate the length of the stadion by comparing ancient routes with the actual distances. Simple numerical examples explain the limits of this approach, caused by the low number of data and by their mixed character. A special case of distances which can be calculated with the help of coordinates given in Ptolemy’s Geography is discussed, and has been shown to lead unavoidably to ambiguous solutions.

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Strabo, Polybios, and the Stade

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The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's <i>Geography</i> and the location of his prime meridian

The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's <i>Geography</i> and the location of his prime meridian

A GIS Approach to Finding the Metropolis of Rhapta

A common-sense approach to the problem of the itinerary stadion

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Strabo, Polybios, and the Stade

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The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's &lt;i&gt;Geography&lt;/i&gt; and the location of his prime meridian

The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's &lt;i&gt;Geography&lt;/i&gt; and the location of his prime meridian

A GIS Approach to Finding the Metropolis of Rhapta

A common-sense approach to the problem of the itinerary stadion

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The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's <i>Geography</i> and the location of his prime meridian

The western coast of Africa in Ptolemy's <i>Geography</i> and the location of his prime meridian