Birthdate: 0015 AD
Birthplace: Algeciras
Pomponius Mela, a respected Roman geographer, is renowned for his work “De situ orbis libri III.” His writings, esteemed for their pure Latin language and occasional vivid descriptions, were highly regarded and remained influential for centuries. Despite his concise style and lack of methodological rigor, Mela made significant contributions to geography with his treatise being one of the few formal works on the subject in Classical Latin, alongside the geographical sections of Pliny’s Historia naturalis.
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