Rome and its Frontiers

C.R. Whittaker is a fellow of Churchill College Cambridge, and a former University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Cambridge.

'[Whittaker's] thoughtful and insightful comments on frontiers are always worth reading, and the book therefore provides much to consider.' – Britannia

• Chapter 1 Where are the Roman frontiers now?; Chapter 2 Grand Strategy, or just a grand debate?; Chapter 3 The importance of the invasions of the Later Roman Empire; Chapter 4 Mental maps and frontiers; Chapter 5 Supplying the army; Chapter 6 Sex on the frontiers; Chapter 7 ‘To reach out to India and pursue the dawn’; Chapter 8 Indian trade within the Roman imperial network; Chapter 9 Roman frontiers and european perceptions; Chapter 10 The use and abuse of immigrants in the Later Roman Empire;