BY VARIOUS WRITERS.
Illustrated with Coins, Plans of Cities, Districts and Battles, &c.
EDITED BY
WILLIAM SMITH, LL.D.,
Editor of the Dictionaries of "Greek and Roman Antiquities," and of "Biography and Mythology."
Although for the sake of uniformity, it is called a Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, it will be in reality a Dictionary of Ancient Geography, including even Scriptural Names. At present there does not exist, either in the English or in the German languages, any work on Ancient Geography sufficiently comprehensive and accurate to satisfy the demands of modern scholarship. And yet there are few subjects connected with antiquity for which we have such ample materials. The discoveries of modern travellers, as well as the researches of modern scholars, have, within the last few years, added greatly to our knowledge of Ancient Geography; and it will be the aim of the Editor to present, in the present work, the results of their labours in this important branch of Classical Antiquity.
The work will, of course, not be confined to a barren description of the geography of countries and of the sites of places; but it will also include an account of the political history, both of countries and of cities. An attempt will likewise be made to trace, as far as possible, the history of the more important buildings of the cities, and to give an account of their present condition, wherever they still exist.
*** To appear in Quarterly Parts, and to form One Volume, Medium 8vo.
London: TAYLOR, WALTON, and MABERLY, 28. Upper Gower Street, and 27. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; and JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.
BEATSON'S POLITICAL INDEX MODERNISED.