C R Whittaker

Rome and its Frontiers

The Dynamics of Empire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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This collection of essays on the frontiers of the Roman Empire, their physical significance and their relationship with the way the Romans viewed the world without and beyond the boundaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 164mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9780415312004
• ISBN-10: 0415312000
• Artikelnr.: 21198080

Autorenporträt

C.R. Whittaker is a fellow of Churchill College Cambridge, and a former University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Where are the Roman frontiers now?
Chapter 2 Grand Strategy, or just a grand debate?
Chapter 3 The importance of the invasions of the Later Roman Empire
Chapter 4 Mental maps and frontiers
Chapter 5 Supplying the army
Chapter 6 Sex on the frontiers
Chapter 7 'To reach out to India and pursue the dawn'
Chapter 8 Indian trade within the Roman imperial network
Chapter 9 Roman frontiers and european perceptions
Chapter 10 The use and abuse of immigrants in the Later Roman Empire