The Function of the Roman Army in Southern Arabia Petraea

This volume provides a fresh perspective on the evolving and diverse functions of the Roman army in Arabia from the creation of the province to the end of the Byzantine period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Castro, Mariana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2019.
Colección:Archaeopress Roman Archaeology Ser.
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Armed Forces.
Rome > Army.
Arabia, Roman.
Arabia, Southern > History, Military.
Rome > History, Military.
Rome > Armée.
Arabie (Province romaine)
Arabie méridionale > Histoire militaire.
Rome > Histoire militaire.
Middle East > Arabia, Roman.
Rome (Empire)
Southern Arabia.
Arabia Petraia.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction: Aims and Scope, p.5
  • II. Contextualization: The Arabian Frontier and the Roman Army, p.7
  • Previous archaeological research in the region, p.7
  • Ancient sources, p.9
  • The 'Limes Arabicus', p.9
  • The Limes: concept and reality, p.9
  • The southern Arabian frontier, p.13
  • The Roman Army in Arabia, p.15
  • III. The Function of the Roman Army on the Arabian Frontier, p.22
  • 1. The defensive system and the 'Nomadic menace', p.23
  • 2. 'Internal' control, protection and administration, p.28
  • 3. The incense and Red Sea trade routes, p.33
  • 4. Current perspective: an open economic zone, p.38
  • IV. Spatial Analysis, p.40
  • Methodology, p.41
  • Dataset, p.43
  • Visibility analysis, p.46
  • Distance analysis, p.49
  • Results, p.50
  • Visibility, p.50
  • Distance, p.58
  • V. Discussion, p.66
  • VI. Conclusion.

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