Rome on the Euphrates : the story of a frontier
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Rome on the Euphrates : the story of a frontier
（The Freya Stark collection）
Tauris Parke Paperbacks , Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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"First published in 1966 by John Murray (Publishers) Limited"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-477) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
When Roman legions marched into Asia Minor in 200BC, their plan was to secure a buffer zone between the Mediterranean, which they virtually owned, and the area beyond, which they sought to isolate rather than control. Along the long frontier of the Euphrates in Turkey lay the easternmost limits of the Roman Empire--a region they called Augusta Euphrantentis. Their expanding involvement lasted eight centuries, draining their energies and culminating in the destruction of the bridge that, since the time of Alexander the Great, had linked China to the commerce of the Mediterranean. Tracing the path of this ancient river and highlighting her travels with the vibrant history of 800 years of Roman warfare and the history of this mighty river, Freya Stark ultimately reveals the futility of war, of arbitrary boundaries, and territorial conquest. Rome on the Euphrates, at once travel and history, is one of her most magnificent and highly acclaimed works.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
I The Battle of Magnesia
II The Tax Collectors
III Mithradates
IV Across the Euphrates
V The Seleucid Kings and the Empire of Trade
VI The Parthians and the Trade Route
VII The Rome of Augustus
VIII Nero's Armenian Wars
IX The Trade Routes and Trajan's Wars
X The Antonine Climax
XI The Lower Euphrates and the End of Parthia
XII The Revolt of the Poor
XIII The End of Palmyra
XIV The Government of the Cross
XV The Last Offensive
XVI The Age of Justinian
List of Kings, Emperors and Dynasties
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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