East of Asia Minor : Rome's hidden frontier / Timothy Bruce Mitford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitford, Timothy Bruce, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romans.

Classical antiquities.

Boundaries.

Rome--Boundaries--Euphrates River Valley.

Rome.

Euphrates River Valley--Antiquities, Roman.

Euphrates River Valley.

Turkey--Antiquities, Roman.

Turkey.

Middle East--Euphrates River Valley.

Rome (Empire).

Romans--Euphrates River Valley.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (li, 757 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans, plates ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Rome's hidden frontier

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"The north-eastern frontier of the Roman Empire--one of the great gaps in modern knowledge of the ancient world--has long eluded research. It has defied systematic exploration and been insulated against all but passing survey by wars, instability, political sensitivities, language, and the region's wild, remote mountains, mostly accessible only on horseback or on foot. Its path lay across eastern Turkey, following the Euphrates valley northwards from Syria, through gorges and across great ranges, and passing over the Pontic Alps to reach the further shores of the Black Sea. Vespasian established Rome's frontier against Armenia half a century before Hadrian's Wall. Five times as long, and climbing seven times as high, it was garrisoned ultimately by four legions and a large auxiliary army, stationed in intermediate forts linked by military roads. The two volumes of East of Asia Minor: Rome's Hidden Frontier--based on research, field work conducted largely on foot, and new discoveries--document the topography, monuments, inscriptions, and sighted coins of the frontier, looking in detail at strategic roads, bridges, forts, watch and signalling systems, and navigation of the Euphrates itself. Study of the terrain provides a foundation for interpreting the literary and epigraphic evidence for the frontier and its garrisons. Military activity, which extended to the Caucasus and the Caspian, is placed in the context of climate, geography, and inter-regional trade routes."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes 60 unnumbered pages of plates scattered throughout both volumes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-639) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780198725176

0198725175

9780198148746

0198148747

9780198725169

0198725167

OCLC:

894201759

Publisher Number:

99977981769