Oasis Forts of Legio III Augusta on the Routes to the Fezzan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10967288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R G Goodchild (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1954 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Pages | 56-68 |
| Publication date | 1954-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Papers of the British School at Rome (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-2462 • E-ISSN: 2045-239X |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s006824620000653x |
| OpenAlex | W2326053930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 1 |
The two well-preserved Roman fortresses to be described in this paper have been known for many years. They were first brought to European notice by the British-sponsored geographical expeditions of the nineteenth century, when Tripoli was the spring-board for repeated attempts to find a route into Central Africa. Although important discoveries have been made in one of these forts (Bu Ngem) in more recent years, no detailed ground-plans have previously been published. The following notes and illustrations are primarily intended to fill this lacuna in the documentation of the African limes ; but it is hoped that they may also serve to increase our knowledge of early third-century trends in Roman military architecture. The European frontiers of the Roman Empire have yielded, and are still yielding, numerous examples of first- and second-century forts, and equally numerous examples of the forts erected during the later-third and early-fourth centuries, when barbarian invasion threatened the whole Roman world
Ancient history · Archaeology · Barbarian · Geography · Notice · Political science · Roman Empire · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Architecture · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1957 - 2020 (64) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |