Pomponius Mela
Roman geographer of the first century
- Lived
- 15–100
- Country
- Ancient Rome
Updated September 2026
About Pomponius Mela
Pomponius Mela was the earliest known Roman geographer. He was born at the end of the 1st century BC in Tingentera, wrote around AD 43, and died circa AD 45.
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