Stephen Kershaw is a Classics Tutor for Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, Professor of History of Art for the European Studies Program of Rhodes College and The University of the South, and a Guest Speaker for Swan Hellenic Cruises, and as such he has spent much of the last thirty years travelling extensively in the world of the ancient Romans both physically and intellectually. His Brief Guide to the Greek Myths (2007) and Brief Guide to Classical Civilization (2010) are both published by Constable & Robinson.
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Contents
List of Maps
Genealogy Tables
KEY
BRITTANIAE
Britannia Prima
Britannia Secunda
Flavia Caesariensis
Maxima Caesariensis
GALLIAE
Lugdunensis Prima
Lugdunensis Secunda
Belgica Secunda
Belgica Prima
Germania Secunda
Germania Prima
Sequania
VIENNENSIS
Aquitanica Secunda
Aquitanica Prima
Novem Populi
Narbonensis Prima
Viennensis
Narbonensis Secunda
Alpes Maritimae
HISPANIAE
Gallaecia
Tarraconensis
Lusitania
Carthaginiensis
Baetica
Mauretania Tingitana
AFRICA
Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Sitifiensis
Numidia Cirtensis
Numidia Militaris
Proconsularis
Byzacena
Tripolitania
ITALIA
Alpes Graine
Alpes Cottiae
Raetia Prima
Raetia Secunda
Aemilia
Veneria and Histria
Liguria
Flaminia
Corsica
Tuscia and Umbria
Picenum
Sardinia
Campania
Samnium
Lucania and Bruttii
Apulia and Calabria
Sicilia
PANNONIAE
Noricum Ripense
Noricum Mediterraneum
Savia
Pannonia Prima
Pannonia Secunda
Valeria
Dalmatia
MOESIA
Moesiea Prima
Dacia
Praevalitana
Dardania
Epirus Nova
Epirus Vetus
Macedonia
Thessalia
Achaia
Insulae
THRACIAE
Scythia
Moesia Secunda
Thracia
Haemimontus
Rhodope
Europa
ASIANA
Hellespontus
Asia
Lydia
Phrygia Prima
Phrygia Secunda
Caria
Lycia and Pamphylia
Pisidia
PONTICA
Bithynia
Paphlagonia
Galatia
Diospontus
Pontus Polemoniacus
Armenia Minor
Cappadocia
ORIENS
Libya Superior
Libya Inferior
Aegyptus Iovia
Aegyptus Herculia
Thebais
Arabia Secunda
Arabia Prima
Palestina
Phoenicia
Augusta Libanensis
Syria Coele
Augusta Euphratensis
Osrhoene
Mesopotamia
Cicilia
Isauria
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