Two Essays on the Geography of Ancient Asia
Subtitle: Intended Partly to Illustrate the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Anabasis of Xenophon
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: December 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781402154560
Subjects: Williams,Essays,Geography,Ancient,Asia,Campaigns,Alexander,Great,356-323,King,Macedon,Anabasis,Xenophon,historian,travel,historical; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece
First sentence: IF a Roman station in the wilds of Caledonia be an object of interest; if the discovery of the site of a Greek or Egyptian town, scarcely noticed in history, be welcomed as conferring a benefit on antiquarian science,-I may be pardoned for calling the attention of the Society to the consideration of the geographical position of a city, which, for a long succession of years, ranked among the capitals of the known world.