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Pausanias, the greek historian and traveler, lived and wrote around the second century ad, during the period when greece had fallen peacefully to the roman empire. Pausanias, born probably in lydia in asia minor, was a greek of the 2nd century ce, about 120180, who travelled widely not only in asia minor, palestine, egypt and north africa, but also in greece and in italy, including rome. As in the selection below, he provides a straightforward account of sites, especially the most famous for their art or architecture, amplified by accounts of people. Publication date 1898 publisher macmillan collection americana digitizing sponsor. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device. He begins his tour in attica, where the city of athens and its demes dominate the discussion. Page 264 indeed even at present, ad 160 to 180, those that sail to india report that indian equivalents are given for the grecian commodities which are carried thither, but that the inhabitants are unacquainted with money, though their country abounds with gold and brass. Beautifully illustrated with images relating to pausanias life and works. He left a description of greece in ten books, which is like a topographical guidebook or tour of attica, the peloponnese, and central greece, filled out with. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
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