08-02-2004, 12:07 PM
Hi,<br>
<br>
Did the roman armies in the late 1st C.AD use accurate tactical army maps in the field based on, for example Egyptian knowing in the science of map making? I have heard that Ptolemaios created maps based on the idea that earth was spherical and that a accurate scale image could be created by projection (the same idea that modern map making is based on). Did the romans use this theory in practice to create tactical military maps?<br>
<br>
/Mike - Sweden <p></p><i></i>
<br>
Did the roman armies in the late 1st C.AD use accurate tactical army maps in the field based on, for example Egyptian knowing in the science of map making? I have heard that Ptolemaios created maps based on the idea that earth was spherical and that a accurate scale image could be created by projection (the same idea that modern map making is based on). Did the romans use this theory in practice to create tactical military maps?<br>
<br>
/Mike - Sweden <p></p><i></i>
