Description: Discovering Rome's Eastern Frontier : On Foot Through a Vanished World, Hardcover by Mitford, Timothy Bruce, ISBN 0192843427, ISBN-13 9780192843425, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The eastern frontier of the Roman Empire extended from northern Syria to the western Caucasus, across a remote and desolate region 800 miles from the Aegean. It followed the great Euphrates valley to penetrate the harsh mountains of Armenia Minor and south of the Black Sea, along the Pontic
coast to the finally reach the foothills of the Caucasus. Though vast, this terrain has long remained one of the great gaps in our knowledge of the ancient world, barely visited and effectively unknown -- until now. Here, Timothy Bruce Mitford offers an account of half a century of research and
exploration over sensitive territory, in challenging conditions, to discover the material remains of Romes last unexplored frontier.
The geographical framework introduces frontier installations as they occur: fortresses and forts, roads, bridges, signalling stations, and navigation of the Euphrates. The journey is enriched with observations of consuls and travellers, memories of Turkish and Kurdish villagers, and notes and
photographs of a way of life little changed since antiquity. The process of discovery was mainly on foot; staying in villages with local guides, following ancient tracks, and conversing with great numbers of people - provincial and district governors, village elders and teachers, police and
jandarma, farmers and shepherds, and everyone in between. This came with its perils and pleasures; encounters with treasure hunters and apparent bandits, tales of saints and caravans, arrests and death threats, bears and wild boars, rafts and fishing, earthquakes, all amid the tumultuous events of
the second half of the twentieth century.
Richly illustrated with large-scale maps, photographs, and sketches, this is an account of travel and discovery, set against a background of a disappearing world encountered in the long process of academic exploration.
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Book Title: Discovering Rome's Eastern Frontier : On Foot Through a Vanished
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Publication Name: Discovering Rome's Eastern Frontier : on Foot Through a Vanished World
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 1.3 in
Subject: Archaeology, Europe / Italy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 51.2 Oz
Author: Timothy Bruce Mitford
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Hardcover
