The Treaty of Apamea (188 B.C.)

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ID10993035
AuthorsA H Mcdonald (0000-0002-7257-5853, corresponding author)
Year1967
Volume57
Issue1-2
Pages1-8
Publication date1967-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/299336
OpenAlexW2072627570
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited2

There is no more likely factor of dispute in a peace treaty than its definition of an inland frontier, even when the terms of the treaty are directly known: one has not to look far for instances where a topographic reference has proved to be equivocal. The terrain itself, of course, may be to blame. Only a continuous river line provides a clear demarcation of territory; a mountainous area or steppe or desert land, often by its nature sparsely populated, may lack the local place-names to give precision to a frontier. In the second century B.C. the Romans experienced this difficulty in North Africa and Asia Minor. But the modern scholar is even more at a loss, in two ways. First, his knowledge has geographical gaps, and the ancient names may have changed: one has only to think of the debt that we owe to the epigraphic work of men who have scoured Asia Minor for the evidence identifying ancient sites. Secondly, the literary texts have suffered corruption, in greater or less degree, during the course of their manuscript transmission. It is necessary to combine the study of topography, inscriptions, and text. Further—with reference to the present subject—the Romans imposed peace and what may be called a ‘protectorate’ in Asia Minor, however loosely

Ancient history · Archaeology · Blame · Cartography · Desert (philosophy · Fell · Frontier · Gentry · Geography · Minor (academic · Mythology · Political science · Protectorate · Settlement (finance · Subject (documents · Treaty · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Psychology

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