C R Whittaker

Rome and its Frontiers (eBook, ePUB)

The Dynamics of Empire

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134384129
• Artikelnr.: 38448251

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