Mela, Pomponius

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phi0929
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urn:cite:perseus:author.909
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phi0929
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stoa0200
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LCCN n 80139084
Name:
Mela, Pomponius
Abbr:
Mel.
Mela
MELA
Alt names:
Pomponius Mela
Mela, Geographus
Mela, Pomponius
Pomponius, ex Hispania
Pomponius, Geographus
Pomponius, Tingenteritanus
Mela, Geographer
Pomponius, Geographer
Mella, Pomponius
Pomponi, Mela
Pomponio, Mela
Pomponio, Mela
Mel.
Mela
MELA
Field of activity:
Geographer
Notes:
"Pomponius, III 5, P. Mela, From Tingentera in southern Spain, geographer, 1st century" .....Geographer from Tingentera (Mela 2,96) in southern Spain. Under Claudius in AD 43/4 (3,49) he wrote in 3 books the earliest surviving geographical work in Latin
the traditional title is De chorographia ('Description of Regions')...." from Gärtner, Hans Armin (Heidelberg). "Pomponius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2008. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 04 April 2008
Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith, 1867, Vol 2, pg. 1011: "Mela, Pomponius, the first Roman author who composed a formal, treatise upon Geography....."
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De chorographia