Overview

The Roman eastern frontier stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea. It faced Rome’s formidable foe, the kingdom of Parthia, and its successor, Sasanian Persia. Rome’s bulwark in antiquity was the area known as Syria or the Levant, roughly modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. To the south lay the Nabataean kingdom, annexed by Rome in 106 and formed into the province of Arabia. To the north, the Cappadocian frontier was laid out in one of the most inaccessible and remote parts of Eurasia facing extremes of climate and topography, amid a patchwork of client kingdoms. This hidden and fascinating frontier in Turkey, whose bases mostly lie under reservoirs, is the major omission from this volume and it is hoped that a more in-depth account might appear in due course. The Caucasian forts along the edge of the Black Sea are, however, part of this volume; this is perhaps Rome’s least known frontier archaeologically but the subject of a unique account by Arrian when governor of Cappadocia.

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Author:   David J. Breeze ,  Fawzi Abudanah ,  David Braund ,  Mark Driessen
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781803272641

ISBN 10:   1803272643
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   25 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"THE FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; Foreword by Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan ; Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire ; The Roman Empire ; Frontiers and trade ; The ""Frontiers of the Roman Empire"" World Heritage Site ; The definition of a World Heritage Site ; The task ahead ; History and extent of frontiers ; Rome´s foreign policy ; The location of frontiers ; The army and frontiers ; The purpose of frontiers ; Soldiers and civilians ; Military administration ; Research on Roman frontiers ; Inscriptions and documents ; Survey and excavation ; Aerial survey ; Protection and presentation of frontiers ; Future perspectives ; THE EASTERN FRONTIERS ; The Desert Frontier in Syria and Arabia ; Introduction ; Location and natural conditions ; The Roman Frontier in Syria ; The history of the frontier and the frontier road ; Locals in Roman service ; Change and continuity ; The Roman forts in Syria: Cultural heritage in danger ; Dura-Europos ; The Desert Frontier in Arabia ; Historical background and frontier development ; Outstanding Universal Values of the desert frontier ; The Caucasian frontier"

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David J. Breeze has been Chair of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies and President of several archaeological societies in the UK. He was Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland from 1989 to 2005, and subsequently led the team which successfully nominated the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site in 2008. David has excavated on both Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall and written several books on these frontiers, on frontiers elsewhere in the Roman Empire and on the Roman army.

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