Having taken his D. Phil at Oxford, Hugh Elton is currently at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He is co-editor of Fifth-Century Gaul: a Crisis of Identity and the author of Warfare in Roman Europe.

'This is a very readable and stimulating book that carefully analyzes historical, epigraphic, and archaeological sources. It provides a fresh approach to life on the edge that should be welcomed by any student of the forces that shaped the Roman world.' - Minerva

• List of figures, List of tables, Preface, Chapter 1. Introduction to Frontiers, Chapter 2. The Establishment of the Roman Frontier, Chapter 3. Allied Kingdoms and Beyond, Chapter 4. The Consolidation of the Rhine Frontier, Chapter 5. The Army on the Frontier, Chapter 6. Commercial Activity, Chapter 7. Across the Border, Conclusion, Appendix: The Stobi Papyrus, Abbreviations, References, Bibliography, Index.

Having taken his D. Phil at Oxford, Hugh Elton is currently at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He is co-editor of Fifth-Century Gaul: a Crisis of Identity and the author of Warfare in Roman Europe.

'This is a very readable and stimulating book that carefully analyzes historical, epigraphic, and archaeological sources. It provides a fresh approach to life on the edge that should be welcomed by any student of the forces that shaped the Roman world.' - Minerva

• List of figures, List of tables, Preface, Chapter 1. Introduction to Frontiers, Chapter 2. The Establishment of the Roman Frontier, Chapter 3. Allied Kingdoms and Beyond, Chapter 4. The Consolidation of the Rhine Frontier, Chapter 5. The Army on the Frontier, Chapter 6. Commercial Activity, Chapter 7. Across the Border, Conclusion, Appendix: The Stobi Papyrus, Abbreviations, References, Bibliography, Index.

Having taken his D. Phil at Oxford, Hugh Elton is currently at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He is co-editor of Fifth-Century Gaul: a Crisis of Identity and the author of Warfare in Roman Europe.

'This is a very readable and stimulating book that carefully analyzes historical, epigraphic, and archaeological sources. It provides a fresh approach to life on the edge that should be welcomed by any student of the forces that shaped the Roman world.' - Minerva

• List of figures, List of tables, Preface, Chapter 1. Introduction to Frontiers, Chapter 2. The Establishment of the Roman Frontier, Chapter 3. Allied Kingdoms and Beyond, Chapter 4. The Consolidation of the Rhine Frontier, Chapter 5. The Army on the Frontier, Chapter 6. Commercial Activity, Chapter 7. Across the Border, Conclusion, Appendix: The Stobi Papyrus, Abbreviations, References, Bibliography, Index.