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Strabo , (born c. 64 bc, Amaseia, Pontus, Asia Minor—died after ad 21), Greek geographer and historian. Born to a well-connected family, he studied under Aristodemus before moving to Rome (44 bc) to study with the Aristotelian school, then became a Stoic. Of his 47-volume Historical Sketches, covering the years 145–31 bc (published c. 20 bc), only a few quotations remain. His Geographical Sketches (after c. ad 14) is the only extant work on the range of peoples and countries known to Greeks and Romans during the reign of Caesar Augustus.

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Geography, the study of the diverse environments, places, and spaces of Earth’s surface and their interactions. It seeks to answer the questions of why things are as they are, where they are. The modern academic discipline of geography is rooted in ancient practice, concerned with the