Translation and commentary of the text entitled 'Stadiasmus Maris Magni'

In this study has been presented an ancient geographical text entitled 'Stadiasmus Maris Magni', along with the ancient Greek original and Turkish translation of the text; and a general overview. In this context first, the outlines of the territorial expansion activities in antiquity have been examined under three subtitles, in order to see the changes within the writing formats of the geographical texts. The first phase is the Archaic Colonization, the second is the Eastern Expedition of Alexander the Great and the third is Roman provinces of the republican and imperial era. Following the outlines of this historical background is examples from the ancient geographical literature in a chronological perspective. Afterwards is presented the ancient Greek original and Turkish translation; and a commentary of the geographical text entitled 'Stadiasmus Maris Magni' written in the periplous format. In order to clarify its position within the ancient geographical texts and geographical writing formats, this study examines another geographical text belonging to Strabo, entitled 'Geographika, Book XV' written in the chorographia format. There is also presented the ancient Greek original and Turkish translation of the text. Lastly, both texts and formats have been compared and the study ends with a conclusion.