Frontiers in the Roman World: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009)(13 Impact of Empire)

This volume presents the proceedings of the ninth workshop of the international network ‘Impact of Empire’, which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire and brings together ancient historians, archaeologists, classicists and specialists on Roman law from some thirty European, North American and Australian universities. This volume focuses on different ways in which the Roman Empire created, changed and influenced (perceptions of) frontiers. The volume is divided into five larger sections: the meaning of 'frontiers', consequences of frontiers, religious frontiers, shifting frontiers and crossing 'frontiers'. In this way, the volume pays attention to different kind of ‘frontiers’ within the Roman Empire, and to their importance for the functioning of the Roman Empire over a longer period of time.

Table of Contents:
Preface Fines Provinciae John Richardson The Limits of Empire in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus JanWillem Drijvers Penser la limite: de la cite au territoire imperial Stephane Benoist Drawing the Line: An Archaeological Methodology for Detecting Roman Provincial Borders Kate da Costa On the Fringe: Trade and Taxation in the Egyptian Eastern Desert Dario Nappo and Andrea Zerbini Contextualizing Hadrian’sWall: The Wall as ‘Debatable Lands’ Richard Hingley and Rich Hartis Recherche sur les frontieres de l’afrique romaine: espaces mobiles et representations Arbia Hilali Rom jenseits der Grenze: Klientelkonigreiche und der Impact of Empire Gunther Schorner The Frontiers of Graeco-Roman Religions: Greeks and Non-Greeks froma Religious Point of View ElenaMuniz Grijalvo Arx aeternae dominationis: EmperorWorshipRituals in the Construction of a Roman Religious Frontier Fernando Lozano Religious Frontiers in the Syrian-Mesopotamian Desert Lucinda Dirven A Fine Line? Catholics and Donatists in Roman North Africa Alexander Evers Zwischen Italien und den ‚Barbaren‘: DasWerden neuer politischer und administrativer Grenzen in caesarisch-augusteischerZeit Karl Strobel The New Frontiers of Late Antiquity in the Near East. From Diocletian to Justinian Ariel S. Lewin Reducing Senatorial Control over Provincial Commanders: A Forgotten Gabinian Law of bce Frederik J. Vervaet The ‘Ultimate Frontier’:War, Terror and the Greek Poleis between Mithridates and Rome Toni Naco del Hoyo, Borja Antela-Bernardez, Isaias Arrayas-Morales, Salvador Busquets-Artigas Les Bataves au centre et a la peripherie de l’Empire: quelques hypotheses sur les origines de la revolte de 69-70 Pierre Cosme The Practice of Hospitium on the Roman Frontier John Nicols Resident Aliens and Translocal Merchant Collegia in the Roman Empire Koen Verboven The Impact ofWomen’s Travels on Military Imagery in the Julio-Claudian Period Lien Foubert Index

About the Author :
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.