Border Communities at the Edge of the Roman Empire

Dr. Jasper de Bruin (1976) graduated in Archaeology of the Roman period at the University of Amsterdam and started working as a lecturer at Leiden University in 2006, where he completed his Ph.D. thesis in 2017. Currently, he is employed as assistant professor at Leiden University, where he teaches about and researches the Roman period in Northwestern Europe.

• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction, 2. Landscape and habitation, 3. The Roman military community, 4. The urban community, 5. The rural community, 6. Synthesis, 7. Conclusions, Bibliography, Abbreviations, References, Classical sources, Modern sources, Appendix, Maps

“Border Communities delivers an interesting insight into the formation of communities during Roman times. The book is a useful and valuable English-language contribution to the complex subject of regional diversity and identity in the Roman empire.” - Jeroen van Zoolingen, Britannia, Vol. 53