Book Title: Parergon, siue, Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae

Author: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Image Title: Map of Roman Empire

Description: A map of the extent of the Roman Empire, which grew to include Egypt, North Africa, Palestine, Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, Gaul, Spain, and Britain. The quotation from Vitruvius, De architectura is from Book VI.i.2-12, rather than Book VIII (upper right), and praises the geographical location of Rome for human development.

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