A detailed account of famed travel writer Freya Stark's journey through the Mediterranean. 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…mehr
A detailed account of famed travel writer Freya Stark's journey through the Mediterranean. 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 travelogue and history, is one of Stark's most magnificent and highly acclaimed works.
Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East travel writers and one of the most courageous and adventurous women travellers in history. She travelled extensively through Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Southern Arabia, where she became the first western woman to travel through the Hadhramaut. Usually solo, she ventured to places few Europeans had ever been. Her travels earned her the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and she was created a Dame in 1975. She received huge public acclaim and her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, The Valleys of the Assassins, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw and East is West.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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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