East of Asia Minor : Rome’s hidden frontier / Timothy Bruce Mitford.

Yer Numarası
B.II/0066
ISBN
9780198725176 (Pack)
9780198148746 (Volume 1)
9780198725169 (Volume 2)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Basım Bildirimi
First edition.
Yayın Bilgisi
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Fiziksel Niteleme
2 cilt (1. c. li, 425 sayfa, [32] sayfa resim ; 2. c. sayfa [426]-757, [28] sayfa harita) : resim (çoğu renkli), harita (kimi renkli), plan ; 28 cm
Genel Not
2. c. İndeks s. [641]-757.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [621]-639 (2. c.).
İçindekiler Notu
VOLUME I. List of plates -- List of maps -- List of figures -- Ancient sources -- List of abbreviations -- The geography and climate of the frontier and adjacent areas -- Geography -- Climate -- Historical outline -- Sulla to the death of Nero -- The Flavian frontier -- Trajan to Caracalla -- Turmoil, restoration, and collapse -- The course of the limes -- Commagene -- Samosata -- Cappadocia -- The Taurus -- The Taurus gorge -- East of Melitene : the Euphrates Crossing -- Melitene -- North of Melitene to Ciaca -- The basin of the Arabkir Çay : Dascusa -- The Southern approaches to the Antitaurus : Sabus -- The Antitaurus -- The Antitaurus gorge -- Armenia Minör -- From the Çalti Çay to the Karabudak : Zimara -- The road system of Armenia Minör -- Per ripam to Satala -- From the Euphrates to Nicopolis -- Nicopolis and the support roads to Satala -- Across the mountains to Satala -- Satala -- Pontus -- The Pontic mountains : from Satala to Trapezus -- Trapezus -- The Pontic coast.
Volume II. The garrison -- The legionary garrison -- XII Fulminata -- XVI Flavia Firma -- XV Apollinaris -- I Pontica -- The Auxilia -- Alae -- Cohorts -- Coin finds -- North-Eastern Commagene -- Taurus Gorge -- Cappadocia : Malatya plain -- Cappadocia : around Dascusa -- Cappadocia : around Kemaliye -- Armenia -- Inscriptions -- Appendices -- Ancient geographical sources -- Notitia dignitatum : Dux Armeniae (Oriens 38) -- Turkish place names, maps, measurements, and glossary -- Notes on provisions, transport, and population in late Ottoman times -- Beyond the Euphrates : some points of topography -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Epigraphic -- Topographical -- Place names -- Ancient place names -- Turkish and modern place names -- Personal Names -- Ancient personal, Gods, and tribal names -- Ancient personal names in Chapter IV -- Travellers, scholars, officials, missionaries -- Companions, guides, helpers and others -- Tribes and peoples -- General.
Özet, vb.
“The north-eastern frontier of the Roman Empire-one of the great gaps in modern knowledge of the ancient world-has long eluded research. It has defied systematic exploration and been insulated against all but passing survey by wars, instability, political sensitivities, language, and the region's wild, remote mountains, mostly accessible only on horseback or on foot. Its path lay across eastern Turkey, following the Euphrates valley northwards from Syria, through gorges and across great ranges, and passing over the Pontic Alps to reach the further shores of the Black Sea. Vespasian established Rome's frontier against Armenia half a century before Hadrian’s Wall. Five times as long, and climbing seven times as high, it was garrisoned ultimately by four legions and a large auxiliary army, stationed in intermediate forts linked by military roads. The two volumes of East of Asia Minor: Rome’s Hidden Frontier-based on research, field work conducted largely on foot, and new discoveries-document the topography, monuments, inscriptions, and sighted coins of the frontier, looking in detail at strategic roads, bridges, forts, watch and signalling systems, and navigation of the Euphrates itself. Study of the terrain provides a foundation for interpreting the literary and epigraphic evidence for the frontier and its garrisons. Military activity, which extended to the Caucasus and the Caspian, is placed in the context of climate, geography, and inter-regional trade routes.” -- Yayıncı.