Travel in the Ancient World

By: Lionel Casson

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Paperback | 16 March 1994

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"Travel in the Ancient World" offers a comprehensive review of ancient travel, from the first recorded voyages to Old Kingdom Egypt through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the 4th century and later. Lionel Casson tells who travelled and why (government business, trade, health, vacationing, tourism). He describes the ships, carts, carriages, and other means of conveyance; roads and waterways; bars and their drinks, restaurants and their food, inns and their accommodations. He devotes particular attention to tourism: the standard itineraries, the favoured sights, museums, guides, guidebooks and standards of tourist behaviour. This paperback edition contains a new preface and a supplement that brings the documentation up to date.

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""A most delightful book, written by a scholar who couples a fine sense of interesting, pragmatic problems with an impressive command of scattered evidence.""

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Non-Fiction Travel & Holidays Travel Writing History General & World History Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500 Classical History & Civilisation Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History

Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition	p. 8
Author's Preface	p. 9
The Near East and Greece
In the Beginning: 3000-1200 B.C.	p. 21
In the Beginning: 1200-500 B.C.	p. 44
Expanding Horizons	p. 58
Trade and Travel in Classical Greek Times (500-300 B.C.)	p. 65
The First Travel Writer	p. 95
Travel in Roman Times
One World	p. 115
A Miscellany of Travellers	p. 128
On Holiday	p. 138
On the Sea	p. 149
Roman Roads	p. 163
On the Road	p. 176
Inns and Restaurants	p. 197
Mail	p. 219
Tourists and Touring in Roman Times
The Sights to See	p. 229
Museums	p. 238
The Itinerary	p. 253
Sightseeing	p. 262
Baedeker of the Ancient World	p. 292
To the Holy Lands	p. 300
List of Abbreviations	p. 330
Notes	p. 334
Addenda to Notes	p. 368
Index	p. 375
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