03144oam 2200649I 450 991045070500332120200520144314.00-203-34788-91-134-38413-01-280-07639-90-203-47631-X10.4324/9780203476314 (CKB)1000000000253420(EBL)200341(OCoLC)310464955(SSID)ssj0001148725(PQKBManifestationID)12403456(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001148725(PQKBWorkID)11165846(PQKB)10934926(SSID)ssj0000308632(PQKBManifestationID)11226688(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308632(PQKBWorkID)10257962(PQKB)11226478(MiAaPQ)EBC200341(Au-PeEL)EBL200341(CaPaEBR)ebr10100002(CaONFJC)MIL7639(OCoLC)56360045(EXLCZ)99100000000025342020180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRome and its frontiers the dynamics of empire /C.R. WhittakerLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-48678-5 0-415-31200-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-242) and index.Cover; Rome and its Frontiers: The Dynamics of Empire; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Where are the Roman frontiers now?: an introduction; 2. Grand strategy, or just a grand debate?; 3. The importance of the invasions in the Later Roman Empire: can historians be trusted?; 4. Mental maps and frontiers: seeing like a Roman; 5. Supplying the army: the evidence from the frontier fort of Vindolanda; 6. Sex on the frontiers; 7. 'To reach out to India and pursue the dawn': the Roman view of India; 8. Indian trade within the Roman imperial network9. Roman frontiers and European perceptions10. The use and abuse of immigrants in the Later Roman Empire; Bibliography; IndexDo the Romans have anything to teach us about the way that they saw the world, and the way they ran their empire? How did they deal with questions of frontiers and migration, so often in the news today?This collection of ten important essays by C. R. Whittaker, engages with debates and controversies about the Roman frontiers and the concept of empire. Truly global in its focus, the book examines the social, political and cultural implications of the Roman frontiers in Africa, India, Britain, Europe, Asia and the Far East, and provides a comprehensive account of their significance.RomeBoundariesElectronic books.911/.37Whittaker C. R.966418FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910450705003321Rome and its frontiers2193336UNINA