Book Description

A conference held under the auspices of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, The Council for British Research in the Levant and the Department of Archaeology at the University of Liverpool Edited by Philip Freeman, Julian Bennett, Zbigniew T. Fiema and Birgitta Hoffmann The much-anticipated, two-volume proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies held in Amman, Jordan (September 2000). The 100 papers published here represent approximately two-thirds of the presentations made at this important event. The 'limits' of the discussions encompass (Volume I): 'General Themes', 'The Eastern Frontier', 'Rome and Parthia', 'The Anatolian Provinces and the Black Sea Region', 'North Africa', 'The Germanies', 'Early Roman Germany', (Volume II) 'The Danubian and Balkan Provinces', 'Dacia', 'The Spains', 'Britain', 'The Roman Army, 'Roman Fortifications', 'Fleets and Frontiers', and 'Documents and Archives'.