Frontiers in the Roman World

Olivier Hekster is Professor in Ancient History at the Radboud University Nijmegen. He is chairman of the international network Impact of Empire. His publications include Crises and the Roman Empire (2007) and Cultural Messages in the Graeco-Roman World (2010).Ted Kaizer is Senior Lecturer in Roman Culture and History at Durham University. His publications include The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East (2008) and Kingdoms and Principalities in the Roman Near East (2010).Contributors: John Richardson, Jan Willem Drijvers, Stéphane Benoist, Kate da Costa, Dario Nappo & Andrea Zerbini , Richard Hingley & Rich Hartis, Arbia Hilali, Günther Schörner, Elena Muñiz Grijalvo, Fernando Lozano, Lucinda Dirven, Alexander Evers, Karl Strobel, Ariel Lewin, Frederik Vervaet , Toni Ñaco del Hoyo & Borja Antela-Bernardez & Isaías Arrayas-Morales & Salvador Busquets-Artigas, Pierre Cosme, John Nicols, Koen Verboven, Lien Foubert.

• Preface Fines Provinciae John RichardsonThe Limits of Empire in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus JanWillem DrijversPenser la limite: de la cite au territoire imperial Stephane BenoistDrawing the Line: An Archaeological Methodology for DetectingRoman Provincial BordersKate da CostaOn the Fringe: Trade and Taxation in the Egyptian Eastern Desert Dario Nappo and Andrea ZerbiniContextualizing Hadrian’sWall: The Wall as ‘Debatable Lands’ Richard Hingley and Rich HartisRecherche sur les frontieres de l’afrique romaine: espaces mobiles et representations Arbia HilaliRom jenseits der Grenze: Klientelkonigreiche und der Impact of Empire Gunther SchornerThe Frontiers of Graeco-Roman Religions: Greeks and Non-Greeks froma Religious Point of View ElenaMuniz GrijalvoArx aeternae dominationis: EmperorWorshipRituals in the Construction of a Roman Religious Frontier Fernando LozanoReligious Frontiers in the Syrian-Mesopotamian Desert Lucinda DirvenA Fine Line? Catholics and Donatists in Roman North Africa Alexander EversZwischen Italien und den ‚Barbaren‘: DasWerden neuer politischer und administrativer Grenzen in caesarisch-augusteischerZeitKarl StrobelThe New Frontiers of Late Antiquity in the Near East. From Diocletian to Justinian Ariel S. LewinReducing Senatorial Control over Provincial Commanders: A Forgotten Gabinian Law of bce Frederik J. VervaetThe ‘Ultimate Frontier’:War, Terror and the Greek Poleis between Mithridates and Rome Toni Naco del Hoyo, Borja Antela-Bernardez, Isaias Arrayas-Morales, Salvador Busquets-ArtigasLes Bataves au centre et a la peripherie de l’Empire: quelques hypotheses sur les origines de la revolte de 69-70Pierre CosmeThe Practice of Hospitium on the Roman Frontier John NicolsResident Aliens and Translocal Merchant Collegia in the Roman EmpireKoen VerbovenThe Impact ofWomen’s Travels on Military Imagery in the Julio-Claudian PeriodLien FoubertIndex