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A Study of Roman Roads in Anatolia: Principles and Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

D. H. French
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It is my intention, here, to present the background to my work in a field which I have adopted, perhaps rashly and unwisely, in the spirit of an interested amateur. The work has been centred on the road systems of Roman Asia Minor and is concerned with the surviving evidence for the course and route of Roman roads, and the topographical and geographical problems which follow on from the elucidation of these roads. At a higher level of investigation I have been considering the grade of information which is afforded by the surviving literary evidence e.g. the itineraries. My ultimate purpose is to provide material for a fresh appraisal of the historical geography of Asia Minor: such material as I can collect is specifically intended to be a contribution to a new map or maps of Roman Asia Minor.

In this article I wish to offer an outline of:

(1) the principles which underlie my approach,

(2) the definition of the categories of desired information,

(3) a practical demonstration of the methods and techniques adopted in the work.

Type
Research Article
Information
Anatolian Studies , Volume 24 , December 1974 , pp. 143 - 149
Copyright
Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 1974

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