Bob wrote:
(2) Not only does Pliny use infra (below) in his descriptions, but also
supra (above). It would seem to me likely that these are related as
geographical/topographical pointers. So what does Pliny mean when he
locates
Judaea supra Idumea and Samaria (NH 5.70)? He has just finished
Interesting, Dierk, but it doesn't work for me. Pliny doesn't connect the
two bodies of water in any sort of road-map manner, and he seems to be
describing sites, not itineraries. (And I did say clockwise for these
lakes, not counter-clockwise as with his Mediterranean coast route coming
up from
