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==Later Development==
In the Roman Period, at around 25-50 CE, Pomponius Mela, who was a geographer, formulates a more comprehensive understanding of climatic zones. This includes zones that are comparable to our division of regions into temperate, arctic, desert, and tropical zones. His writings also suggest that these zones were related to the latitude in which someone was in, as more northerly zones generally were colder and more southerly zones had tropical zones. However, within the northern and southern zones, comparable climatic zones could be found and these affect the weather noticeable in those regions.<ref>For more on Pomponius Mala, see: Mela, P. & Romer, F.E. (1998) <i>Pomponius Mela’s description of the world</i>. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press.</ref>
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