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On page 1038 of M. Rostovtzeff's Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World can be found the following statement:

Quote:[Hellenistic geographical itineraries] may have been accompanied by maps in which the stations (stathmoi), enumerated in their sequence in the itineraries, were indicated and located. Maps such as the military map of stathmoi painted on a Roman soldier's shield found at Dura may go back to earlier Hellenistic maps.

In a peculiar instance, Rostovtzeff does not footnote this statement with any references. Does anyone have information pertaining to this map and its provenance? By "Dura" I assume he was referring to Dura Europos.

Hi James,

This has already been discussed here.

Greetings
Alexandr

Ah I thought I did try to search, but it didn't come. Thanks! +laudes