160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.... Read more
List of figures, List of tables, Preface, Chapter 1. Introduction to Frontiers, Chapter 2. The Establishment of the Roman Frontier, Chapter 3. Allied Kingdoms and Beyond, Chapter 4. The Consolidation of the Rhine Frontier, Chapter 5. The Army on the Frontier, Chapter 6. Commercial Activity, Chapter 7. Across the Border, Conclusion, Appendix: The Stobi Papyrus, Abbreviations, References, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Having taken his D. Phil at Oxford, Hugh Elton is currently at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He is co-editor of Fifth-Century Gaul: a Crisis of Identity and the author of Warfare in Roman Europe.
"Prof. Elton make a valuable contribution to the unusual field of Roman frontier studies by reminding us that unlike a modern border, that is a sharply delineated line separating two states, the Roman frontier was a fuzzy zone between what was clearly Roman and what was clearly 'other.'" - Albert Nofi, The NYMAS Review
