At Empire's Edge : Exploring Rome's Egyptian Frontier

by Robert B. Jackson

• ISBN13: 9780300088564
• ISBN10: 0300088566
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-03-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

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 book - part history and part gazetteer - focuses on Rome's Egyptian frontier, describing the ancient fortresses, temples, settlements, quarries, roads, and aqueducts scattered throughout the region and conveying a vivid sense of what life was like for its inhabitants.

Author Biography

Robert B. Jackson is chair of the department of history at the American International School of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Table of Contents

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
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