The Historical Geography of Central Asia based on the Works of Greek and Roman Writers (From the 3rd century BC to the first century AD)

Central Asia is a vast land in eastern and northeastern of Iran. The information available about this region in ancient times is largely derived from the writings of Greek and Roman writers such as Strabo, Pliny, Plutarch, Polibius, Diodorsius and Cortiosaurus. This article attempts to gather information on the geography of Central Asia from the works of the major Greek and Roman writers who lived from the third century BC to the first century AD. It is then found that descriptions of the Greek and Roman writers on the geography of Central Asia are largely true. Strabo provides the most geographical information about the area; then there are Cortiosaurus, Platinum, Polybius, Plutarch, Diodorescence, respectively. But overall, it can be said that writers’ information on the geography of Central Asia is not very abundant and detailed and does not provide much detail.