PROJECTS OF THE IUA

The project aims to produce the first major, comprehensive classical atlas since the late 19th century. The folio volume was published by Princeton University Press in 2000, offering 180 map pages in colour (mostly double spreads), extending from the British Isles to India, and far up the Nile Valley. A 'Map-by-Map Directory' with concise expository text and detailed reference materials forms a supplement, issued both in print and on CD-ROM by Scholars Press, Atlanta. The physical bases for the maps are the best obtainable, derived from U.S. Defense Mapping Agency charts at four standard scales : 1 :500,000 and 1:1,000,000 are the principal ones, but 1 :150,000 and 1 :5,000,000 are also used. The 77 map pages at 1 :1,000,000 are derived from the Digital Chart of the World and produced on computer. The timespan covered by the Atlas ranges from the end of the Bronze Age to the mid-7th century AD. Modern landscape is returned to its ancient appearance, and classical cultural data added, by an international team of experts.

Specialists in most ancient civilizations of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia should find it indispensable, as should historical cartographers and archaeologists. Both the Atlas and the Directory will be priced to encourage their widest possible circulation and use, and the computer will allow infinite adaptation and revision of the materials. To guarantee that the mapping maintain and extend its fondamental contribution to the study of classic antiquity, a permanent Ancient World Mapping Center has been created at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The Atlas of the Greek and Roman World project complements and extends the Tabula Imperii Romani (VIa) and the Forma Orbis Romani (VIb). Sponsored by the American Philological Association.

The project was adopted by the UAI in 1993 in Category C, on the initiative of the American Council of Leamed Societies.

Director : R.J.A. Talbert 1988-2000.

Web site : http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/index.html