![]() ![]() Credit: Giovanni Dall’Orto (Wikimedia Commons). In fact instead of Greek maps, Romans preferred to rely on an old “disk” map of Ionian geographers as a basis for their needs.Īgrippa, who researched the first known Roman map of the world. ![]() Greeks, on the other hand, used latitude, longitude and astronomical measurements. Though records of Roman cartography are scarce, scholars have noticed that when comparing Ancient Roman maps to their Greek counterparts, Romans were more concerned with the maps’ practical uses for military and administrative means and tended to ignore mathematical geography. Still, the Romans managed to build an impressive network of roads and a system of aqueducts that surely required an impressive grasp of geography and topography as well as significant mapping skills. When Rome contacted or conquered a new territory, cartographers did not have the advantage of a bird’s eye view or technologically advanced surveying equipment. Aided by professor Jerry Brotton, together they discuss the significance of ancient cartography and look at some of the jewels of the collection. ![]() Dan visited the Bodleian Library in Oxford, home to one and a quarter million historic maps. ![]()
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