Simon Forty - Limits of Empire: Romes Borders
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By 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 Trumps Wall Hadrians 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.
This book examines these frontiers of the empire, looking at the way they were constructed and manned and how that changed over the years. It looks at the physical barriers from the walls in Britain to the Fossatum Africae in the desert. It looks at the traders and the prices that were paid for the traffic of goods. It looks at the way that civil settlements vici grew up around the forts and fortlets and what life was like for soldiers, sailors and civilians.
As well as artifacts of the period, the book provides a guidebook to top Roman museums and a gazetteer of visitable sites
Table of Contents
Introduction
Timeline
The Sources
1. Border Expansion from the Punic Wars to Trajan
2. Border Troops
3. Roman Engineering
4. The Borders
5. Life on the Border
Credits and Acknowledgments
Select Bibliography
Abbreviations
Index
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