Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Eastern Frontiers

David J. Breeze has been Chair of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies and President of several archaeological societies in the UK. He was Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland from 1989 to 2005, and subsequently led the team which successfully nominated the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site in 2008. David has excavated on both Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall and written several books on these frontiers, on frontiers elsewhere in the Roman Empire and on the Roman army.

• THE FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; Foreword by Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan ; 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 ; Protection and presentation of frontiers ; Future perspectives ; THE EASTERN FRONTIERS ; The Desert Frontier in Syria and Arabia ; Introduction ; Location and natural conditions ; The Roman Frontier in Syria ; The history of the frontier and the frontier road ; Locals in Roman service ; Change and continuity ; The Roman forts in Syria: Cultural heritage in danger ; Dura-Europos ; The Desert Frontier in Arabia ; Historical background and frontier development ; Outstanding Universal Values of the desert frontier ; The Caucasian frontier