Resources for ancient world geography

Keeping abreast of the ever-expanding set of resources relevant to the geography and mapping of the ancient world is a Herculean task and this page does not attempt to do that, rather it aims to provide a basic set of initial references for the community. AWMC is always happy to consult with scholars and community members seeking to find certain, specialized resources.

Print Resources

Compendia

W. Smith. 1854. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. (hosted by the Perseus Project)
R. Stillwell et al. edd. 1976. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. (hosted by the Perseus Project)
G. Nenci and G. Vallet. edd. 1977-. Bibliografia topografica della colonizzazione greca in Italia e nelle isole tirreniche. 19 v. Pisa: Scuola normale superiore.
R. J. A. Talbert et al. 2000. Map-by-map directory to accompany Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world: with a digital version of the atlas gazetteer. 2 v. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Atlases

W. Helck. 1972-1992. Lexikon der Agyptologie. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz.
P. Levi. 1980. Atlas of the Greek World. New York: Facts on File.
J. Baines and J. Málek. 1980. Atlas of Ancient Egypt. New York: Facts on File.
T. Cornell and J. Matthews. 1982. Atlas of the Roman World. New York: Facts on File
Sonderforschungsbereich Tübinger. 1984-. Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
R. J. A. Talbert. 1985. Atlas of classical history. London: Croom Helm.
M. Liverani et al. 1985. Atlante storico del Vicino Oriente antico. Rome: Herder.
R. J. A. Talbert ed. 2000. The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
A.-M. Wittke et al. edd. 2010. Historical atlas of the ancient world. Boston: Brill.

Wall Maps

R. J. A. Talbert et al. edd. 2010. Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World. London: Routledge.

Monographic and Edited Volumes

O. A. W. Dilke.1985. Greek and Roman Maps. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
J. B. Campbell. 2000. The writings of the Roman land surveyors : introduction, text, translation and commentary. London : Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
R. J. A. Talbert and K. Brodersen. 2004. Space in the Roman World: Its Perception and Presentation. Münster: Lit Verlag.
R. J. A. Talbert and R. W. Unger. edd. 2008. Cartography in antiquity and the Middle Ages : fresh perspectives, new methods. Leiden: Brill.
R. J. A. Talbert and K. A. Raaflaub. edd. 2010. Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies. Malden MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
R. J. A. Talbert. 2010. Rome’s World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Online database.
S. E. Alcock, J. P. Bodel, and R. J. A. Talbert. edd. 2012. Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World. Malden MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
R. J. A. Talbert. ed. 2012. Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
D. Dueck and K. Brodersen. 2012. Geography in classical antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ancient Topography

Athens

J. Travlos. 1971. Pictorial dictionary of ancient Athens. New York: Praeger.
H. A. Thompson et al. 1988. The Athenian Agora : results of excavations. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.