457 Published BooksPausanias
born circa 110
died circa 180
Pausanias, geographer and historian, wrote
Description of Greece
, a valuable source on the ancient topography.
This traveler of the 2nd century lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. From firsthand observations, his famous lengthy work crucially links classical literature and modern archaeology.
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