Friday, September 13, 2013

Edge of Empire: Rome's Frontier on the Lower Rhine, Jona Lendering and Arjen Bosman.

Edge of Empire: Rome's Frontier on the Lower Rhine, Jona Lendering and Arjen Bosman.

An interesting look at the history of the Low Countries and nearby areas during the Roman Empire, when they formed part of the border of the Roman world. The authors paint a picture of a largely prosperous area that survived the fall of Rome better than most, but that was vulnerable to attack from across the Rhine.
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