On the edge of empires : North Mesopotamia during the Roman period (2nd-4th c. CE) /

"In antiquity, North Mesopotamia was the centre of the confrontation between different imperial entities. Rome, the Parthians, the Sasanians and the nomads of the region were all agents of a complex series of dynamics that impacted on the area: Rome found the most serious threat to its territor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palermo, Rocco (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:Studies in the history of the ancient Near East.
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Table of Contents:
  • Rome shifts eastwards: empires, hegemony, and frontiers
  • From the Anatolian plateau to the steppe: geography and climate of North Mesopotamia
  • From Trajan to Jovian: conquest, organisation and loss of a borderland
  • Empires and the cities: urban areas and rural landscapes
  • Minor settlements, forts, and camps: exploring the Roman frontier in the Syrian-Iraqi steppe
  • Imperial impact on a small scale: the site of Tell Barri between the 2nd and 4th c. CE
  • Landscape(s) and the empires: survey data for Roman period Mesopotamia
  • Mobility, strategy, and the empires: the Peutinger map and the route system in North Mesopotamia
  • Across the edges: Arabs and nomads in Roman period Mesopotamia
  • Rome and the steppe: conclusions.