Duane W Roller

Biographic Data

ID1152262
NAMEDuane W Roller
GIVEN NAMESDuane W
FAMILY NAMERoller
SIGNATUREROLLER D W
AFFILIATIONSThe Ohio State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS34
AUTHOR COUNT42
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike: Books 21-40: From the Battle of Ipsos (301 BC) to the Catilinarian Conspiracy (62 BC)

    Open AccessDuane W RollerBOOKDiodoros of Sicily : Bibliotheke…2025

    Diodoros' Bibliotheke Historike, written in the last half of the first century BC, is a major source for ancient history from earliest times to his own era. This is the first English translation of Books 21-40 (301-62 BC) in seventy years, and the first ever commentary on those portions of the text. Major topics include the history of Sicily, the career of Hannibal, the slave wars that plagued the era, and the increasing instability of the Roman …

  • Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike : Books 21-40

    Duane W RollerBOOKDiodoros of Sicily : Bibliotheke…2025

  • A Guide to the Geography of Pliny the Elder

    Open AccessDuane W RollerBOOKGuide to the Geography of Pliny…2022

    This is the first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of Pliny the Elder, written in the AD 70s. Pliny's account is the longest in Latin, and represents the geographical knowledge of that era, when the Roman Empire was the dominant force in the Mediterranean world. The work serves both cultural and ideological functions: much of it is topographical, but it also demonstrates the political need to express a geographical basis for …

  • Guide to the Geography of Pliny the Elder

    Duane W RollerBOOKGuide to the Geography of Pliny…2022

  • Phoenician Exploration

    Duane W Roller, Brian R Doak et al.CHAPTEROxford Handbook of the Phoenician…2019

    The Phoenicians were famous for their seafaring prowess and long-distance travel and commercial reach. From the beginning of the Iron Age until the fifth century bce , the Phoenicians explored much of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coasts of Africa and Europe, going as far north as the British Isles and as far south as tropical West Africa, as well as farther west into the Atlantic waters and around the African continent. Although there is so…

  • Strabo of Amaseia

    Open AccessDuane W RollerCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Strabo of Amseia, active in the late first century bce and early first century ce , wrote the longest surviving geography in Greek literature. It covers a wide range of subjects, including much of what is known about the history of Greek geography and exploration. He also wrote a general history and a study of Alexander the Great, both of which only survive in fragments.

  • A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo

    Duane W RollerBOOKHistorical and Topographical…2018

    "The story that the Argonauts returned home by means of the Istros (Danube) and the Adriatic (see 1.2.10) meant that there were also relics in those areas, some of which were mentioned by Kallimachos. He placed the Argonauts in the Aegean (Anaphe, an island east of Thera where they landed [Apollonios 4.1717]), Thessaly (called Haimonia), and on the Istrian (Histrian) peninsula, where the pursuing Kolchians founded Pola (modern Pula in Croatia). S…

  • The Geography of Strabo: An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes

    Open AccessStrabo v63-23, Duane W RollerBOOKGeography of Strabo2014

    The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women's history. Modern…

  • Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic

    Duane W RollerBOOKThrough the Pillars of Herakles2013Cited by: 5

    In this first study of the Greek and Roman exploration for over half a century, Duane W. Roller presents an important examination of the impact of the Greeks and Romans on the world through the Pillars of Herakles and beyond the Mediterranean Roller chronicles a detailed account of the series of explorers who were to discover the entire Atlantic coast; north to Iceland, Scandinavia and the Baltic, and south into the Africa tropics. His account ex…

  • Juba II of Mauretania

    Open AccessDuane W RollerCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2012

    Juba II (48 BCE –23 CE ) was king of Mauretania and a noted explorer and scholar. His father, Juba I of Numidia, had become embroiled in the Roman civil war and was defeated by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE ; his infant son was taken to Rome and raised in the household of Caesar's great‐niece Octavia, becoming a noted scholar, writing on the history of Rome, the theater, and linguistics.

  • Megasthenes

    Open AccessDuane W RollerCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2012

    Megasthenes was a Greek diplomat in the late fourth century BCE who may have been one of the companions of Alexander III, the Great.

  • Strabo of Amaseia

    Open AccessDuane W RollerCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2012

    Strabo of Amaseia (ca. 65 BCE –25 CE ), famous for his extant Geographika , came from a distinguished family in Pontos, in northern Asia Minor.

  • Eratosthenes' Geography

    Duane W Roller, Eratosthenes EratosthenesBOOKEratosthenes' Geography2010

  • The Lost Building Program of Marcus Antonius

    Duane W RollerARTICLEL antiquité classique2007Cited by: 2

    Le programme de construction perdu de Marc Antoine. Les sources littéraires antiques ne livrent aucune attestation d'un quelconque programme de construction de Marc Antoine à Rome. Il s'agit donc du seul Romain célèbre de la fin de la République qui n'a pas été un constructeur au sein de la cité. Ce constat est étonnant. À la mort de César, il était l'homme le plus puissant de Rome. La reconstitution d'un programme de construction reste de l'ordr…

  • Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence . Yizhar Hirschfeld

    Duane W RollerARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2005

  • Seleukos of Seleukeia

    Duane W RollerARTICLEL antiquité classique2005References: 1

    Séleukos de Séleucie. Séleukos de Séleucie (ca. 160-120 av. J.-C.) est un obscur érudit hellénistique assez énigmatique. C'est un théoricien ancien de l'activité des marées, et il a également livré un essai de théorie héliocentrique. Il est connu pour avoir écrit deux traités, mais ils ont été conservés dans d'obscurs fragments presque totalement incompréhensibles, largement cités par Strabon et Aétius, mais aussi par l'érudit arabe al-Razi

  • Hellenistic Palaces: Tradition and Renewal. By Inge Nielsen

    Duane W RollerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology2005

  • Romanization in Palestine: A Study of Urban Development from Herod the Great to AD 70 . Reuben Yat Tin Lee

    Duane W RollerARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2004

  • The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier

    Duane W RollerBOOKWorld of Juba II and Kleopatra…2004Cited by: 26

  • Mountain and Plain: From the Lycian Coast to the Phrygian Plateau in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Period. By Martin Harrison and Wendy Young

    Duane W RollerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology2004

  • Identities in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Humanities Research Centre in Canberra, 10-12 November, 1997 . By Graeme Clarke

    Duane W RollerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology2002

  • Pisidian Antioch: The Site and Its Monuments . By Stephen Mitchell and Marc Waelkens

    Duane W RollerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology2000

  • From Function to Monument: Urban Landscapes of Roman Palestine, Syria and Provincia Arabia . By Arthur Segal

    Duane W RollerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1999

  • Building Program of Herod the Great

    Duane W RollerBOOKBuilding Program of Herod the Great1998

  • Chapter 3: Herod and Marcus Agrippa

    Duane W RollerCHAPTERBuilding Program of Herod the Great1998