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Discovering Rome's eastern frontier : on foot through a vanished world /

"An account, primarily academic, of the eastern Roman frontier extending from northern Syria to the western Caucasus, across a remote and desolate region 800 miles from the Aegean. This is the product of solo exploration of sensitive territory in challenging conditions over four decades, to dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitford, Timothy Bruce (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Rome > Boundaries > Turkey, Eastern.
Rome > Boundaries > Syria.
Rome > Boundaries > Caucasus.
Turkey, Eastern > Antiquities, Roman.
Caucasus > Antiquities, Roman.
Syria > Antiquities, Roman.
Rome > Boundaries.
Rome > Frontières.
Turquie (Est) > Antiquités romaines.
Ancient.
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Boundaries
Classical antiquities
Eastern Turkey
Caucasus
Rome (Empire)
Syria
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Samosata and Northern Commagene
  • Over the Taurus to Melitene
  • Through the Taurus Gorge
  • The Malatya Plain, the Euphrates Crossing (Tomisa), Dulluk Tepe, and Melitene
  • North of Melitene : Ciaca and Keban
  • The Arabkir Çay and Dascusa
  • Sabus, and over the Antitaurus
  • Through the Antitaurus Gorge
  • From the Antitaurus to the Karabudak : Zimara, and the road to Nicopolis
  • Per Ripam to Erzincan and Satala
  • Across the Mountains to Satala
  • Satala (Sadak)
  • From Satala to the Upper Harşit
  • Through the Pontic Mountains to Maçka
  • Over the Pontic Mountains to Maçka
  • Maçka to Trapezus (Trabzon)
  • The Pontic Coast
  • Annex A : Geography and Climate
  • Annex B : Chronology
  • Annex C : Glossary of Latin and Turkish Words
  • Annex D : Travellers.