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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.
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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LIMITS OF EMPIRE ROMES BORDERS - photo 1

LIMITS OF EMPIRE ROMES BORDERS

Arutela was a fort on the limes Alutanus in Daciatodays Calimanesti in Romania - photo 2

Arutela was a fort on the limes Alutanus in Daciatodays Calimanesti in Romania. See p. 143.

Matilo archaeological park in Leiden-Roomburg the Netherlands See p 92 - photo 3

Matilo archaeological park in Leiden-Roomburg, the Netherlands. See p. 92.

LIMITS OF EMPIRE ROMES BORDERS

SIMON AND JONATHAN FORTY

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Acknowledgments

There are a number of go-to websites that proved hugely helpful: for online information on inscriptions, and Balzs Szakonyi for his help; Leo Marriott for the aerial photography. The photos are credited individually on p. 198. Thanks to Mette Bundgaard and Ruth Sheppard at Casemate for their patience and helpful comments.

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Copyright 2021 Simon Forty

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DATES All dates BC are so indicated Any other date is - photo 5

DATES

All dates BC are so indicated. Any other date is AD . Where there may be doubt weve inserted AD .

Palmyra in Syria blossomed under Roman rule as an important trading city. See p. 162.

Introduction
Sycamore Gap and Castle Nick milecastle 39 on Hadrians Wall The history of - photo 6

Sycamore Gap and Castle Nick (milecastle 39) on Hadrians Wall.

The history of the western Roman Empire, from its first emperor, Caesar Augustus, to its fall in the mid-fifth century, continues to be fascinating because so much of it still exists today, hundreds of years later. While the remains of so many other peoples have disappeared, that isnt the case with the Roman Empireroads and aqueducts; forts, and fortifications; cities and towns; statuary and art; books, speeches, and lettersthe sheer quantity of source material still available is huge. And then there are the stories: the military prowess, the political machinations, the soap operas and personal stories of lives that seem so similar to our own. Their world appears very like our world. And, as in our world today, the borders of their empire were important. Just as we do, the Romans wanted to control the movement of people into and out of their empire. They wanted to collect taxes from themespecially import duties. They wanted to protect the empire from military threats, be that a few raiders or a full-scale onslaught by larger armies. Outside the empire to the north lay Germania or barbaricum , and the people who lived there wanted to come in for the same reasons refugees from Africa want to come to Europe, or central Americans into the United States today: protection, wealth, opportunity.

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