At empire's edge : exploring Rome's Egyptian frontier / Robert B. Jackson.
When Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 BC 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 account - part history and part gazetteer -focuses on Rome's Egyptian fron...
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. The Eastern Desert
- I. The Hills of Smoke, Gebel Dokhan
- II. Mons Claudianus
- III. The Quarry Roads to the Nile
- IV. Ports on the Red Sea Coast
- V. Desert Trade Routes
- Part Two. The Upper Nile Valley
- VI. The Gateway to Africa: Aswan, Elephantine, and Philae
- VII. Roman Nubia
- Part Three. The Western Desert
- Overview of the Western Desert
- VIII. The Great Oasis
- IX. The Small Oasis
- X. Siwa Oasis
- Abbreviations
- Notes.