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Pomponius Mela
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Pomponius Mela was a male geographer, writer, and historian from Ancient Rome. Born in Algeciras in 15, he belonged to the Pomponia gens and lived during the Roman Empire. His primary field of work was geography, and he wrote in Latin. He died in Rome in 100, though some sources list his death date as ca. 45.
His notable works include *Pomponii Melae philosophi celeberrimi de orbis situ libri tres* and *Pomponius mela de totius orbis descriptione*. Other recorded titles include *Pomponius Mela traduit en françaïs sur l'édition d'A. Gronovius*. Various databases record differing numbers of his works, with counts ranging from 5 to 115. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Died
- ca. 45
- Works
- 115
Top works
- [Oeuvres complètes]
- Pomponii Melae philosophi celeberrimi de orbis situ libri tres
- Pomponius Mela traduit en françaïs sur l'édition d'A. Gronovius
- Pomponii Melae De orbis sitv libri tres, accvratissime emendati, unà cũ commẽtariis Ioachimi Vadiani heluetii castigatioribus, & multis in locis auctioribus factis: id quod cãdidus lector obiter, & in transcursu facile deprehendet
- Pomponius Mela
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Italy
Discography
- Help Me1989
- I Want Your Love1989
- Eyes of the Tiger1991
- Love Stories1992
- Wish2016
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Appetite control: methodological aspects of the evaluation of foods
· 2010 · cited 861x
- Federated learning of predictive models from federated Electronic Health Records
· 2018 · cited 858x
- Complication Rates Associated With Pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Generator Replacements and Upgrade Procedures
· 2010 · cited 716x
- E-Customization
· 2003 · cited 605x
- No evidence of rapid antiviral clearance or clinical benefit with the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in patients with severe COVID-19 infection
· 2020 · cited 540x
via Crossref · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Pomponius Mela, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Pomponii Melae cosmographia
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Pomponii Melae De Situ Orbis Libri Tres : cum Annotanionibus Petri Ioannis Olivarii Valentini, Christianiss. Reginae Francorum in literis alumni, viri in Geographia eruditissimi. Index praetera locupletissimus sine operis adiectus
Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri III [Texto impreso] :]cum indice rerum et pronuntiatione prosodica nominum propriorum in difficilioribus notata, ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate editi
Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis [Printed text]
Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis [Printed text]
De Orbis Sitv Libri Tres, Accvratissime emendati, una cum Commentariis Ioachim Vadiani (etc.)
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Encyclopedic overview
Statue of Pomponius Mela in Ceuta, Spain, erected 2009
Pomponius Mela (died c. AD 45) was the earliest known Roman geographer. He was born at the end of the 1st century BC in Tingentera (now Algeciras), wrote around AD 43, and died circa AD 45.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pomponius Mela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.