Publisher's Synopsis
This book is an important historical resource on the technology of transportation in the ancient world. Scheffer, a Dutch humanist, provides a detailed examination of the vehicles, roads, and other modes of transportation used by the Greeks and Romans. He also discusses the cultural and economic significance of transportation in these societies. Classicists, historians, and scholars of technology will find this work valuable.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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