Protecting the Roman Empire: Fortlets, Frontiers, and the Quest for Post-Conquest Security

ISBN-13: 9781108421553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 266 str.

Matthew Symonds

Opis

The fortlet, a previously overlooked military installation type, reveals how Rome built, secured, and lost its Empire.

Recenzje

'Archaeologists have yet to come across the inscription MAX. FAC at Housesteads or any other of the fortlets along Hadrian's Wall but we now know much more about how the Romans protected and controlled their frontiers. Brexiteers, Remoaners, and modern military strategists too, have much to learn from Matthew Symonds' comprehensive but very readable study of the Hadrianic and Antonine Walls, and the German and Raetian frontiers.' Classics For All

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Consolidating Conquest: 2. Waterways; 3. Highways; Part II. Border Control: 4. Hadrian's Wall; 5. The Antonine Wall; 6. The Upper German and Raetian limites; Part III. Provincial Collapse: 7. Late highways; 8. Late waterways; 9. Imperium by Outpost; Bibliography; Index.