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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 27Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1985Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (338 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691604251
  • 9781400854899
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 937
LOC classification:
  • DG59.A2 -- D97 1985eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)