About the Author

F.E. Romer is Professor and Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, East Carolina University. He is the author of numerous articles and has received awards for both his writing and teaching.

Reviews

". . . Romer's book provides today's readers with a good introduction, a fresh translation, miscellaneous notes, and helpful indexes. It can serve as a first introduction to a minor, but fascinating Latin writer and populizer."
--Kai Brodersen, Universitaet Mannheiim, Classical Review
--Kai Brodersen, Universitaet Mannheiim "Classical Review" (10/18/2000 12:00:00 AM)

"An English translation of Mela was long overdue. Now we have an eminently satisfactory one."
--Classical World, Volume 92, No. 5, 1999
-- "Classical World" (7/19/1999 12:00:00 AM)

"It is Mela's excitement in travel, his sense of places and of their past, which strikes a chord with the modern reader. . . . Romer's guidance is most productive where he encourages us to take the author in his ancient context and allows Mela to act as our tour guide, pointing out the wonders (and strangeness) of his world. Precisely what makes Romer's translation of Mela both welcome and 'fun' is the fact that the voyage of discovery takes place in a world that looks so very different from our own."
--Times Literary Supplement
-- "Times Literary Supplement" (4/14/1999 12:00:00 AM)