The Creation of the Roman Frontier / / Stephen L. Dyson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Dyson, Stephen L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)

Stephen L. Dyson finds in the experience of the Republic the origins of Roman frontier policy and methods of border control as practiced under the Empire. Focusing on the western provinces during the Republic, he demonstrates the ways in which Roman society, like that of the United States, was shaped by its own frontier.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. The Gallic Frontier in Northern Italy -- CHAPTER 2. The Transpadane Frontier -- CHAPTER 3. The Development of the Ligurian Frontier -- CHAPTER 4. The Republican Frontier in Gaul -- CHAPTER 5. The Beginnings of a Roman Frontier in the Iberian Peninsula -- CHAPTER 6. The Post-Gracchan Experience in Spain -- CHAPTER 7. The Roman Frontier in Sardinia and Corsica -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX