Strabo’s Geography — Mapping the world of the 1st Century CE

By the 1st century BCE, the world of antiquity under the rule of <a href="https://www.ancient.eu/Rome/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Rome</a>, was perhaps more united than ever and was on a path to experiencing a golden age of knowledge and technology with social development hitting heights it would not see again for a thousand years or more. In this world of increasing interconnectedness, a Greek from Amaseia in <a href="https://www.ancient.eu/Asia_Minor/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Anatolia</a>, named Strabo, would create one of the most influential works on geography of all time. This is the 8th article in a series, you do not have to have read parts <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/mapping-classical-antiquity-29031058069f" rel="noopener">1</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/mapping-antiquity-part-2-the-babylonian-world-map-d3866139d1ba" rel="noopener">2</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/the-philosopher-and-the-father-of-geography-exploring-the-world-maps-of-anaximander-and-hecataeus-5828146d1f26" rel="noopener">3</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/the-world-of-the-father-of-history-exploring-the-world-of-herodotus-a35b345f8501" rel="noopener">4 </a>, <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/eratosthenes-of-cyrene-mapping-the-hellenistic-world-c3a4ee8a9f47" rel="noopener">5</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/exploring-west-africa-in-antiquity-the-expedition-of-hanno-the-navigator-fbd6468a7cc2" rel="noopener">6</a>, and <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/pytheas-of-massalia-and-the-circumnavigation-of-britain-f8d25f261369" rel="noopener">7 </a>to follow this article, but they do provide context and come together as a greater whole. <a href="https://medium.com/mapping-civilisation/strabos-geography-mapping-the-world-of-the-1st-century-ce-62fcfbbfbfb5">Learn More</a>