In antiquity, North Mesopotamia was the centre of the confrontation between different imperial entities. Rome, the Parthians, the Sasanians and the nomads of the region were all agents of a complex series of dynamics that impacted on the area.
In antiquity, North Mesopotamia was the centre of the confrontation between different imperial entities. Rome, the Parthians, the Sasanians and the nomads of the region were all agents of a complex series of dynamics that impacted on the area.
Rocco Palermo is a Researcher at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has carried out fieldwork in Italy, Syria, and Jordan, and he is currently involved in two different projects in Northern Iraq with the University of Udine, Italy, and Harvard University, USA. He is currently working on a book on the landscape and settlements of Hellenistic period Mesopotamia.
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List of figures Preface Acknowledgements Ancient Sources Major Abbreviations Chapter 1Rome shifts Eastwards: Empires, Hegemony, and Frontiers Chapter 2 From the Anatolian Plateau to the Steppe: Geography and Climate of North Mesopotamia Chapter 3 From Trajan to Jovian: Conquest, Organisation and Loss of a Borderland Chapter 4 Empires and the Cities: Urban Areas and Rural Landscapes Chapter 5 Minor Settlements, Forts, and Camps: Exploring the Roman Frontier in the Syrian-Iraqi Steppe Chapter 6 Imperial Impact on a Small Scale: The Site of Tell Barri between the 2nd and 4th c. CE Chapter 7 Landscape(s) and the Empires: Survey Data for Roman Period Mesopotamia Chapter 8 Mobility, Strategy, and the Empires: The Peutinger Map and the Route System in North Mesopotamia Chapter 9 Across the Edges: Arabs and Nomads in Roman Period Mesopotamia Chapter 10 Rome and the Steppe: Conclusions Bibliography Index
List of figures Preface Acknowledgements Ancient Sources Major Abbreviations Chapter 1Rome shifts Eastwards: Empires, Hegemony, and Frontiers Chapter 2 From the Anatolian Plateau to the Steppe: Geography and Climate of North Mesopotamia Chapter 3 From Trajan to Jovian: Conquest, Organisation and Loss of a Borderland Chapter 4 Empires and the Cities: Urban Areas and Rural Landscapes Chapter 5 Minor Settlements, Forts, and Camps: Exploring the Roman Frontier in the Syrian-Iraqi Steppe Chapter 6 Imperial Impact on a Small Scale: The Site of Tell Barri between the 2nd and 4th c. CE Chapter 7 Landscape(s) and the Empires: Survey Data for Roman Period Mesopotamia Chapter 8 Mobility, Strategy, and the Empires: The Peutinger Map and the Route System in North Mesopotamia Chapter 9 Across the Edges: Arabs and Nomads in Roman Period Mesopotamia Chapter 10 Rome and the Steppe: Conclusions Bibliography Index
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