Around the Roman world in 180 days

Screen, Beryl Mary

dc.contributor.advisor	Evans, R. J. (Dr.)	en
dc.contributor.author	Screen, Beryl Mary	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:54:41Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:54:41Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:54:41Z
dc.date.submitted	2005-11-30	en
dc.identifier.citation	Screen, Beryl Mary (2009) Around the Roman world in 180 days, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1591>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1591
dc.description.abstract	The dissertation is intended to show whether it is possible for a Roman traveller to make a journey around the Roman world in the year C.E. 210, within 180 days, in a manner similar to that of Phileas Fogg, a character in Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days (1874). The Roman's 180-day adventure to complete the journey within the set time incorporates logistics and itinerary on ancient roads, canals and sea voyages, and quotes Horace, Juvenal, Pausanias, Ovid and Strabo. Verne linked the past, an ancient two thousand year old water system in Aden - with his traveller who also visited the site. The Roman traveller will link the past with the present, viewing ancient building and engineering works such as the Lyonnais aqueducts, and the Greek use of curvature in design when building the Parthenon. Parts of such construction remain in situ for the present-day traveller to view.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Roman travel in C.E. 210	en
dc.subject	Ancient roads	en
dc.subject	Ancient sea voyages	en
dc.subject	Historic	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Civilization, Greco-Roman
dc.subject.lcsh	History, Ancient
dc.subject.lcsh	Classical antiquities
dc.subject.lcsh	Rome -- Historical geography
dc.title	Around the Roman world in 180 days	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.contributor.email	djagegjj@unisa.ac.za	en
dc.description.department	Biblical and Ancient Studies	en
dc.description.degree	(M.A. (Specialization in Ancient Languages and Cultures))	en