The ''Stadiasmus Maris Magni'' ( grc, Σταδιασμός ήτοι περίπλους της μεγάλης θαλάσσης) is an
ancient Roman
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periplus
A periplus (), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. In that sense, the periplus wa ...
or guidebook detailing the ports sailors encounter on the shores of the
Mediterranean Sea
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. The ''stadiasmus'' provides distances, sailing directions and descriptions of specific ports. It was written in
Ancient Greek
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and survives in fragments. The work was written by an anonymous author and is dated to the second half of the
third century AD. The most complete Greek text together with a
Latin
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translation was published in 1855 by
Karl Müller as part of his work ''
Geographi Graeci Minores''.
[ Karl Müllerbr>Anonymi Stadiasmus maris magni]
Geographi Graeci minores . Vol. 1, p. 427, 1828(Firmin-Didot, 1882) .
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Stadiasmus Maris Magni translated into English, a
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History of navigation
Roman itineraries
Peripluses in Greek
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