[PDF] The Creation Of The Roman Frontier eBook

Author : Stephen L. Dyson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 39,10 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 140085489X

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Stephen L. Dyson finds in the experience of the Republic the origins of Roman frontier policy and methods of border control as practiced under the Empire. Focusing on the western provinces during the Republic, he demonstrates the ways in which Roman society, like that of the United States, was shaped by its own frontier. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Derek Williams
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 23,60 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 125008380X

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The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces in history. However, few people realize that this vast empire was guarded by one frontier, a series of natural and man-made barriers, including Hadrian's Wall. It is impossible to have a true understanding of the Roman Empire without first investigating the scope of this amazing frontier. The boundary ran for roughly 4,000 miles--from Britain to Morocco via the Rhine, the Danube, the Euphrates, the Syrian Desert, and the Saharan fringes; reinforced by walls, ditches, palisades, watchtowers, and forts. It absorbed virtually the whole imperial army, enclosed three and a half million square miles, and defended forty provinces (now thirty countries) and perhaps eighty million Roman subjects. In protecting the empire the frontier made a substantial contribution to the Pax Romana and ultimately to preserving the inheritance of future Europe. Yet this static mode of defense ran counter to Rome's tradition of mobile warfare and her taste for glory, born of centuries of conquest. The emperors' choice of a passive strategy promoted lassitude and conservatism, allowing the military initiative slowly to pass into barbarian hands. The Reach of Rome is the first book to describe the entire length of the amazing imperial frontier. It traces the political forces that created it and portrays those who commanded and manned it, as well as those against whom it was held. It relates the frontier's rise, pre-eminence, crises, and collapse and assesses its meaning for history and its legacies to the post-Roman world. Finally, it also tells the story of the explorers who rediscovered its lost works and describes the nature and location of the surviving remains. Includes thirty beautifully designed maps.

Author : C. R. Whittaker
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :

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Whittaker begins by discussing the Romans' ideological vision of geographic space - demonstrating, for example, how an interest in precise boundaries of organized territories never included a desire to set limits on controls of unorganized space beyond these territories. He then describes the role of frontiers in the expanding empire, including an attempt to answer the question of why the frontiers stopped where they did. He examines the economy and society of the frontiers. Finally, he discusses the pressure hostile outsiders placed on the frontiers, and their eventual collapse.

Author : Hugh Elton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1134724500

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With its succinct analysis of the overriding issues and detailed case-studies based on the latest archaeological research, this social and economic study of Roman Imperial frontiers is essential reading. Too often the frontier has been represented as a simple linear boundary. The reality, argues Dr Elton, was rather a fuzzy set of interlocking zones - political, military, judicial and financial. After discussion of frontier theory and types of frontier, the author analyses the acquisition of an empire and the ways in which it was ruled. He addresses the vexed question of how to define the edges of provinces, and covers the relationship with allied kingdoms. Regional variation and different rates of change are seen as significant - as is illustrated by Civilis' revolt on the Rhine in AD 69. He uses another case-study - Dura-Europos - to exemplify the role of the army on the frontier, especially its relations with the population on both sides of the border. The central importance of trade is highlighted by special consideration of Palmyra.

Author : Alan K. Bowman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 14,86 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Chesterholme (England)
ISBN : 0415920248

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Mark W. Graham
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472115624

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A novel interpretation of Roman frontier policy

Author : Impact of Empire (Organization). Workshop
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 900420119X

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This volume presents the proceedings of the ninth workshop of the international network 'Impact of Empire', which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire. It focuses on different ways in which Rome created, changed and influenced (perceptions of) frontiers.

Author : Dr. David Cherry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198152354

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Analysing the cultural, social, and economic consequences of the Roman occupation of North Africa (c.50 BC-AD 250), this book offers a fresh look at the development and purpose of the north African frontier-system.

Author : Daniëlle Slootjes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004326758

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Rome and the Worlds Beyond Its Frontiers examines interactions between those within and those beyond the boundaries of Rome, with an eye to the question of contested identities and identity formations.