9 Outtakes from Lionel Casson’s “Travel in the Ancient World”

10/12/2020
9 Outtakes from Lionel Casson’s “Travel in the Ancient World”

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Episode Synopsis

1) On the essential hardship of travel in the ancient world As late as the end of the fourth century BC, travel in and around Greece was neither easy nor particularly pleasant. Those who went by sea depended on the sailings of merchant-men, put up with casual accommodations once abroad, and worried about pirate attacks…

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