Rome and its Frontiers: The Dynamics of Empire

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
Preface and acknowledgements......Page 11
Where are the Roman frontiers now?: an introduction......Page 12
Grand strategy, or just a grand debate?......Page 39
The importance of the invasions in the Later Roman Empire: can historians be trusted?......Page 61
Mental maps and frontiers: seeing like a Roman......Page 74
Supplying the army: the evidence from the frontier fort of Vindolanda......Page 99
Sex on the frontiers......Page 126
\'To reach out to India and pursue the dawn\': the Roman view of India......Page 155
Indian trade within the Roman imperial network......Page 174
Roman frontiers and European perceptions......Page 192
The use and abuse of immigrants in the Later Roman Empire......Page 210
Bibliography......Page 230
Index......Page 254