ATLAS of CLASSICAL HISTORY
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loginIn all likelihood this book has its origin in a chanceencounter between Richard Stoneman, thehumanities editor of Croom Helm Ltd, and myselfat the classical societies’ Oxford Triennial Conferencein summer 1981. The subject of our conversationon that occasion eludes me. At any rate it was anunexpected pleasure to be approached by Richard inthe autumn with a tentative proposal for thecompilation of an atlas of classical history. We soonfound that we were in close agreement on what wasneeded: a volume in which lucid maps offered thehigh school student and the undergraduate areasonably comprehensive, up-to-date and scholarlycoverage of classical history down to the time ofConstantine, accompanied by modest elucidation ofthe material and by some suggestions for furtherreading. Explanation and discussion were felt to beespecially important, so long as they did not outweighthe maps.
