At Empire's Edge

Exploring Rome`s Egyptian Frontier

By: Robert B. Jackson

Write A Review

Hardcover | 11 March 2002 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
384 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
24.25 x 15.17 x 2.85

Hardcover

$193.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $48.44 with

Ships in 15 to 25 business days

When Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 B.C. after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, its vast and mysterious frontier lands had an important impact on the commerce, politics, and culture of the empire. This engrossing book?part history and part gazetteer?focuses on Rome's Egyptian frontier, describing the ancient fortresses, temples, settlements, quarries, and aqueducts scattered throughout the region and conveying a vivid sense of what life was like for its inhabitants.

Robert B. Jackson has journeyed, by jeep and on foot, to virtually every known Roman site in the area, from Siwa Oasis, forty-five kilometers from the modern Libyan border, to the Sudan. Drawing on both archaeological and historical information, he discusses these sites, explaining how Rome extracted exotic stone and precious metals from the mountains of the Eastern Desert, channeled the wealth of India and East Africa through the desert via ports on the Red Sea, constructed and manned fortresses in the distant oases of the Western Desert, and facilitated the expansion of agricultural communities in the desert that eventually experienced the earliest large-scale conversions to Christianity in Egypt. Elegantly written and illustrated with many handsome photographs, the book will be a treasured resource for archaeologists, classicists, and travelers to the region.

Industry Reviews

"A concise and excellent introduction to Rome's Egyptian frontier. Jackson has a remarkable ability to evoke the atmosphere of a site by describing his own experience. The book is easy to read and difficult to put down." Rudolf Winkes, Brown University

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction History Regional & National History Asian History Middle Eastern History Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500 African History Specific Events & Topics in History Colonialism & Imperialism National Liberation & Independence Archaeology

Archaeology by Period & Region Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology Egyptology and Egyptian Archaeology European History

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
The Eastern Desert
The Hills of Smoke, Gebel Dokhan	p. 3
Mons Claudianus	p. 35
The Quarry Roads to the Nile	p. 55
Ports on the Red Sea Coast	p. 75
Desert Trade Routes	p. 95
The Upper Nile Valley
The Gateway to Africa: Aswan, Elephantine, and Philae	p. 111
Roman Nubia	p. 129
The Western Desert
Overview of the Western Desert	p. 158
The Great Oasis	p. 163
The Small Oasis	p. 229
Siwa Oasis	p. 241
Abbreviations	p. 261
Notes	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 301
Index	p. 337
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

At Empire's Edge

Exploring Rome`s Egyptian Frontier

At a Glance

Hardcover

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in History

Looking from the North

Australian history from the top down

Borneo

The Last Campaign

How Women Became Poets

A Gender History of Greek Literature

The First King of England

Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

The Bridge

The epic story of an Australian icon - the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Alchemy

An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science

The Philosophy of Jazz

Philosophies

A Guide to Regency Dress

from Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins

A Short History of Japan

Pelican Books

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective

The Australian Wars

The truth about the bloody battles fought to establish the nation

Henry V

The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King

Born

The Untold History of Childbirth

Armada

The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance in 1588

The Dark Prince Of Melbourne: from the top crime author of The Golden Gang and On Radji Beach

The short flashy life of Squizzy Taylor and the birth of organised crime in Australia

The Shortest History of the United States of America

The Breath of the Gods

The History and Future of the Wind

Midnight

The story of a Light horse

The Shortest History of Australia

A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World

The hilarious and fascinating new book from the international bestselling author of HUMANS

100 Diaries That Chronicled World Events

On My Watch

Leading NATO in a Time of War

Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

Dirty Politics

A-Z of trickery, treachery and other tasty treats

This product is categorised by