LEADER 03769nam 22006374a 450 001 9910777862003321 005 20230607221947.0 010 $a1-281-73032-7 010 $a9786611730321 010 $a0-300-12951-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300129519 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471955 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168093 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000107034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138500 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10006046 035 $a(PQKB)10735836 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420126 035 $a(DE-B1597)485314 035 $a(OCoLC)1024021695 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300129519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170816 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173032 035 $a(OCoLC)923590306 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471955 100 $a20010809d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAt empire's edge$b[electronic resource] $eexploring Rome's Egyptian frontier /$fRobert B. Jackson 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xxv, 350 p.) )$cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-08856-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-335) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tILLUSTRATIONS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tI. The Hills of Smoke, Gebel Dokhan --$tII. Mons Claudianus --$tIII. The Quarry Roads to the Nile --$tIV. Ports on the Red Sea Coast --$tV. Desert Trade Routes --$tVI. The Gateway to Africa: Aswan, Elephantine, and Philae --$tVII. Roman Nubia --$tOverview of the Western Desert --$tVIII. The Great Oasis --$tIX. The Small Oasis --$tX. Siwa Oasis --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aWhen Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 B.C. after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, its vast and mysterious frontier lands had an important impact on the commerce, politics, and culture of the empire. This engrossing book-part history and part gazetteer-focuses on Rome's Egyptian frontier, describing the ancient fortresses, temples, settlements, quarries, and aqueducts scattered throughout the region and conveying a vivid sense of what life was like for its inhabitants. Robert B. Jackson has journeyed, by jeep and on foot, to virtually every known Roman site in the area, from Siwa Oasis, forty-five kilometers from the modern Libyan border, to the Sudan. Drawing on both archaeological and historical information, he discusses these sites, explaining how Rome extracted exotic stone and precious metals from the mountains of the Eastern Desert, channeled the wealth of India and East Africa through the desert via ports on the Red Sea, constructed and manned fortresses in the distant oases of the Western Desert, and facilitated the expansion of agricultural communities in the desert that eventually experienced the earliest large-scale conversions to Christianity in Egypt. Elegantly written and illustrated with many handsome photographs, the book will be a treasured resource for archaeologists, classicists, and travelers to the region. 606 $aRomans$zEgypt 607 $aEgypt$xAntiquities, Roman 607 $aEgypt$xBoundaries 607 $aEgypt$xHistory$y30 B.C.-640 A.D 615 0$aRomans 676 $a932/.022 700 $aJackson$b Robert B.$f1961-$01493400 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777862003321 996 $aAt empire's edge$93716374 997 $aUNINA