Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Frontier of the Roman Province of Raetia

Contents

Foreword by Suzana Matešić

FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Common cultural heritage of the Roman Empire

The Roman Empire

Frontiers and trade

The ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire’ World Heritage Site

The definition of a World Heritage Site

The task ahead

History and extent of frontiers

Rome’s foreign policy

The location of frontiers

The army and frontiers

The purpose of frontiers

Soldiers and civilians

Military administration

Research on Roman frontiers

Inscriptions and documents

Survey and excavation

Aerial survey and remote sensing

Protection and presentation of frontiers

Future perspectives

THE FRONTIER OF THE ROMAN PROVINCE OF RAETIA

Why Raetia?

The Evolution of the Frontier

The Raetian border

The East Raetian Danube border in the first three centuries

Troop deployment in Raetia

The local population of the province under Roman influence

Military and population at the border in the 2nd and 3^rd centuries

Good times – bad times

Empire in Crisis

Thick high walls – Frontier Organisation in the Late Roman period

Museums on the Raetian Limes

Visitor highlights on the Raetian Limes

Further reading

Illustration acknowledgements

About the Author

Professor David J. Breeze has published several books on Roman frontiers and the Roman army. He is a former chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies / hat mehrere Bücher über die römischen Grenzen und die römische Armee veröffentlicht. Er ist ehemaliger Vorsitzender des Internationalen Kongresses für Römische Grenzstudien.

Professor Andreas Schwarcz is retired Professor for Medieval History and an expert on Late Roman history at the Austrian Institute for Historical Research, Vienna University / ist Professor für Geschichte des Mittelalters (i.R.) und ein Experte für spätrömische Geschichte am Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Universität Wien.