The Role of the Army in the Government of the Roman Near East, 64 BC-AD 285
State Building and Provincial Development
Seiten
2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-74937-5 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-74937-5 (ISBN)
This book highlights the importance of the Roman army in the provincial development and the government of the Near-East. It addresses key questions in scholarship concerning the nature of frontiers and how the provinces of the Roman Empire functioned.
This study brings together a wide range of sources and perspectives in order to understand the basis of Roman rule in the Near East between 64 BC and AD 285. It provides a model for understanding how Roman frontiers and provinces worked and challenges preconceptions about how provinces were governed. It argues that the military orientation of the provinces meant that the army, and its personnel, were the main agents in developing the provinces and carrying out provincial-level administration throughout the Principate. The book tackles the main questions in Roman historiography concerning frontiers, and the nature of provinces, and grounds its arguments in the best available source material from the Near East and the latest archaeological research. In particular, it utilises the testimony of soldiers and provincials themselves (such as that found in the papyri from Dura-Europos) and offers a fresh perspective on the evidence.
This study brings together a wide range of sources and perspectives in order to understand the basis of Roman rule in the Near East between 64 BC and AD 285. It provides a model for understanding how Roman frontiers and provinces worked and challenges preconceptions about how provinces were governed. It argues that the military orientation of the provinces meant that the army, and its personnel, were the main agents in developing the provinces and carrying out provincial-level administration throughout the Principate. The book tackles the main questions in Roman historiography concerning frontiers, and the nature of provinces, and grounds its arguments in the best available source material from the Near East and the latest archaeological research. In particular, it utilises the testimony of soldiers and provincials themselves (such as that found in the papyri from Dura-Europos) and offers a fresh perspective on the evidence.
Gary Thomas Watson, Ph.D. (2024), Durham University, is an independent scholar and researcher. His research mainly focuses on Roman imperial, military and political history. He has contributed to several international conferences and continues to publish research on these topics. He has also worked at the British School at Athens on a project intended to provide access to classics and ancient history for underprivileged students in the UK. He currently works on the documentation and digitisation of inscriptions from Dura for IDEA (the International Dura-Europos Archive).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Impact of Empire ; 51 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 735 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-74937-3 / 9004749373 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-74937-5 / 9789004749375 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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