Frontiers of the Roman Empire
150pp. Black cloth-covered boards, white titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine and front edges sun faded, price unclipped. 8vo. Examines the concept of 'frontier' within the Roman Empire, from the first century AD to the sixth. The focus is on how the frontier worked - how it affected life for all those in the frontier zone, not just the Roman army. Each chapter outlines a major problem and illustrates it by examples from different regions and periods.