Rome and Its Frontiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rome and Its Frontiers write by C R Whittaker. This book was released on 2004-07-31. Rome and Its Frontiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do the Romans have anything to teach us about the way that they saw the world, and the way they ran their empire? How did they deal with questions of frontiers and migration, so often in the news today? This collection of ten important essays by C. R. Whittaker, engages with debates and controversies about the Roman frontiers and the concept of empire. Truly global in its focus, the book examines the social, political and cultural implications of the Roman frontiers in Africa, India, Britain, Europe, Asia and the Far East, and provides a comprehensive account of their significance.
Rome and the Worlds beyond its Frontiers
Rome and the Worlds beyond its Frontiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rome and the Worlds beyond its Frontiers write by Daniëlle Slootjes. This book was released on 2016-10-05. Rome and the Worlds beyond its Frontiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Frontiers of the Roman Empire write by C. R. Whittaker. This book was released on 1994. Frontiers of the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Frontiers of the Roman Empire write by Hugh Elton. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Frontiers of the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Reach of Rome
The Reach of Rome - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reach of Rome write by Derek Williams. This book was released on 2015-05-05. The Reach of Rome available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
