Frontiers of the Roman Empire A Social and Economic Study

Name: Frontiers of the Roman Empire A Social and Economic Study
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ISBN: 9780801857850

ISBN-10: 0801857856

ISBN-13: 9780801857850

Edition: 1994

Authors: C. R. Whittaker

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Although the Roman empire was one of the longest lasting in history, it was never ideologically conceived by its rulers or inhabitants as a territory within fixed limits. Yet Roman armies clearly reached certain points -- which today we call frontiers -- where they simply stopped advancing and annexing new territories. In Frontiers of the Roman Empire, C. R. Whittaker examines the Roman frontiers both in terms of what they meant to the Romans and in their military, economic, and social function. Observing that frontiers are rarely, if ever, static, Whittaker argues that the very success of the Roman frontiers as permeable border zones sowed the seeds of their eventual destruction. As the…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 12/11/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction: The Historiography of Frontiers



Space, Power, and Society



Frontiers and the Growth of Empire



Why Did the Frontiers Stop Where They Did?



Economy and Society of the Frontiers



The Frontiers under Pressure



The Collapse of the Frontiers



Warlords and Landlords in the Later Empire


Notes


References


Index