Limits of empire : Rome's Borders / Simon and Jonathan Forty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forty, Simon, author.

Forty, Jo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

Rome.

Rome--Boundaries--History.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

200 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Havertown, PA : Casemate Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

The borders of the Roman Empire were frontiers that were often wild and dangerous. The expansion of the empire after the Punic Wars saw the Roman Republic become the dominant force in the Mediterranean as it first took Carthaginian territories in Gaul, Spain and north Africa and then moved into Greece with purpose, subjugating the area and creating two provinces, Achaea and Macedonia. The growth of the territories under Roman control continued through the rise of Julius Caesar - who conquered the rest of Gaul - and the establishment of the empire: each of the emperors could point to territories annexed and lands won.0By AD 117 and the accession of Hadrian, the empire had reached its peak. It held sway from Britain to Morocco, from Spain to the Black Sea. And its wealth was coveted by those outside its borders. Just as today those from poorer countries try to make their way into Europe or North America, so those outside the empire wanted to make their way into the Promised Land - for trade, for improvement of their lives or for plunder. Thus the Roman borders became a mix - just as our borders are today - of defensive bulwark against enemies, but also control areas where import and export taxes were levied, and entrance was controlled. Some of these borders were hard: the early equivalents of the Inner German Border or Trump's Wall - Hadrian's Wall and the line between the Rhine and Danube. Others, such as these two great rivers, were natural borders that the Romans policed with their navy.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Border Expansion

2. Border Troops

3. Border Engineering

4. The Borders

Britannia

Germania

The Rhine

Iller

Danube limes

Raetia

Noricum and Pannonia

Moesia, Dacia, and the Black Sea

Rome's Eastern Border

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Africa Proconsularis

Mauretania and Numidia

5. Border Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781636240763

1636240763

OCLC:

1276796944

Publisher Number:

99992925219