by
Routledge
by
Routledge
Travel in the Roman Mind presents a broad spectrum of travel experiences in the Roman world from the Republic to the Late Empire. The sources reveal both the nature of travellers’ real-world interactions with humans and landscapes and the challenges of all kinds that travellers faced as well as travels imagined in dreams and fiction, as well as reflections on the very idea and value of travel.... Read more
1. Dreams of travel 2. Why not to travel, or not far 3. Thoughts for departing travelers 4. Regular experiences of travel 5. Travelers’ aids and souvenirs 6. Commerce 7. Officialdom 8. Pleasure 9. Exile 10. Exploration 11. Religion 12. Human disruption 13. Natural disruption 14. Time-travel
