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The 29 pages that link to Strabo, each with the reason it gives.

• Roman EgyptRelated: His account provides an important ancient description of Roman Egypt and Alexandria.

• Caucasian AlbaniaRelated: His Geography preserves an early account of Albania’s territory, peoples, and neighboring states.

• EratosthenesRelated: He preserved and discussed Eratosthenes’ geographical ideas.

• SmyrnaRelated: His account describes Smyrna’s location, urban qualities, and place among Ionian cities.

• Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldRelated: His geographical writing records monuments and traditions associated with the list.

• YuezhiRelated: He described the destruction of Greco-Bactrian power by peoples including the Asii and Tochari.

• Nabataean KingdomRelated: His account is a major ancient source on Nabataean society and trade.

• Tigranes the GreatRelated: His descriptions help place Tigranes’s territories and cities in their regional setting.

• MegasthenesRelated: Strabo preserved passages from the Indica while criticizing some of its claims.

• PosidoniusRelated: Strabo preserved information about Posidonius’s geography and ethnographic explanations.

• Colossus of RhodesRelated: His report places the fallen statue near Rhodes’ harbor and describes its size.

• Ancient Greek geographyBroader topic: His Geography shows how regional description could combine history, politics, and travel reports.

• CimbriRelated: His geography records claims about the Cimbri’s origin and later fate.

• Hanging Gardens of BabylonRelated: His account describes the garden’s terraces and a device for raising water.

• LusitaniansRelated: His description of Iberian peoples preserves evidence about Lusitania’s geography and inhabitants.

• Strait of MessinaRelated: His writing records ancient geographical knowledge of Sicily and the passage.

• BurebistaRelated: His surviving narrative preserves key details about Burebista and Deceneus.

• Incense trade routeRelated: His Geography describes Arabian trade, routes, and the commercial role of Petra.

• Kingdom of PontusRelated: His descriptions preserve evidence about Pontic places and communities.

• Messenian WarsRelated: His account offers another later version of Messenian history.

• Sacred prostitutionRelated: His description of Corinth’s sanctuary helped establish a widely repeated ancient example.

• BibracteRelated: His account helps situate the Aedui and their territory in ancient geography.

• First Messenian WarRelated: His brief references offer a separate ancient tradition about Messenia’s conquest.

• History of geographyBroader topic: His regional synthesis shows how ancient geography joined physical description with history and ethnography.

• Milo of CrotonRelated: His geographical account transmits a version of Milo's legendary death.

• Pomponius MelaRelated: Strabo provides a larger, near-contemporary comparison for Mela’s compressed account.

• SporadesRelated: His geographical account preserves an influential ancient use of the name Sporades.

• HerostratusRelated: He reports that the Ephesians forbade Herostratus’s name from being spoken.

• ScythiaRelated: His Geography preserves Roman-era descriptions of Scythia and neighboring peoples.