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What is On the Edge of the Empires about?

Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of figures 10 Preface 14 Empire(s) on the border 14 Structure of the book 21 Notes 24 Acknowledgements 25 Major ancient sources 27 Major abbreviations 30 Chapter 1: Rome shifts eastwards: empires, hegemony, and frontiers 32 Introduction 32 Theoretical background 34 Notes 39 Chapter 2: From the Anatolian plateau to the steppe: geography and climate of North Mesopotamia 40 Introduction 40 Defining a space 41 Geology, climate, and environment 43 Past climatic data: the evidence for North Mesopotamia 47 Modern human geography in North Mesopotamia 51 Notes 53 Chapter 3: From Trajan to Jovian: conquest, organization, and loss of a borderland 55 Introduction 55 Mesopotamia during the campaigns of Trajan 56 The Parthian campaigns of Lucius Verus (161–166 CE) 63 Archaeological evidence for the campaigns of Lucius Verus 64 The Severan period and the newly acquired eastern provinces 66 Provincial organization in North Mesopotamia during the 3rd c. CE 67 The enemy at the gates: Roman–Persian confrontations in Mesopotamia 72 The ŠKZ and the archaeological evidence 76 Consequences and aftermath

Author

Palermo, Rocco;

Language

IT