Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Ancient Roman geographers

Pre-Hellenistic Classical Greece Homer Anaximander (died c. 546 BC) Hecataeus of Miletus (died c. 476 BC) Massaliote Periplus (6th century BC) Scylax of Caryanda (6th century BC) Herodotus (died c. 425 BC) Hellenistic period Pytheas (died c. 310 BC) Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax (3rd or 4th century BC) Megasthenes (died c. 290 BC) Autolycus of Pitane (died c. 290 BC) Dicaearchus (died c. 285 BC) Deimakos (3rd century BC) Timosthenes (fl. 270s BC) Eratosthenes (c.

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HistoryPhilosophyScience1st-century RomansSilver Age Latin writersAncient occultistsPhilosophers of Roman Italy1st-century BC historians1st-century geographers2nd-century Greek philosophers2nd-century RomansAncient Greek geographersAncient Greek music theoristsAncient Roman antiquariansAncient Roman encyclopedistsClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyGreek-language historians from the Roman EmpirePlinii, Ancient Roman scientists, People from Como

  1. Pliny's Natural History

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny the Elder's Natural History, a comprehensive and influential encyclopedia of the natural sciences written in the first century AD.

    8 July 2010

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    Featuring: Serafina Cuomo, Aude Doody, Liba Taub

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    Science1st-century RomansSilver Age Latin writersPhilosophers of Roman ItalyAncient Roman geographersAncient Roman encyclopedistsAncient Roman antiquarians1st-century geographersPlinii, Ancient Roman scientists, People from Como

  2. Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the last of the great Greek astronomers of antiquity, Ptolemy, and his influence on ancient and medieval astronomy.

    17 November 2011

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    Featuring: Liba Taub, Jim Bennett, Charles Burnett

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    Philosophy1st-century RomansAncient occultistsAncient Roman geographersClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyAncient Greek geographers2nd-century Romans2nd-century Greek philosophersAncient Greek music theorists

  3. Strabo's Geographica

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, the only surviving work from the ancient world that describes the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans.

    10 April 2014

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    Featuring: Paul Cartledge, Maria Pretzler, Benet Salway

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    HistoryAncient Roman geographersGreek-language historians from the Roman Empire1st-century BC historiansAncient Greek geographers1st-century geographers