The Geographic Background of Greek & Roman History

Adriatic Aegean Alpine Alps ancient Apennines Asia Minor Athenian Athens Attica Augustus Bactria Balkan basin Black Sea Boeotia border Britain Campania central centre century B.C. Cephissus chief Cisalpine Gaul climate coast coastal Corinth Corinthian Corinthian Gulf cultivation Danube desert Diodorus east eastern Egypt Europe export extended feet fertile forest frontier gate Gaul geographic Greece Greek and Roman Gulf harbour Hellenistic Herodotus hinterland importance India island Italian Italy lowlands Mediterranean area Mediterranean lands Mediterranean Sea Mesopotamia Middle Ages miles modern mountain natural Nile north-west Africa northerly northern pass Peloponnesus peninsula Persian plain plateau Pliny political Polybius port prehistoric principal produce rain rainfall range region Rhine Rhône ridge rise river road Rome Rostovtzeff route Saronic Gulf Scythia seaboard Sicily soil southern Spain station Strabo summer Syria terranean Thessaly Thucydides tion towns trade traffic valley western winds winter zone