The frontier zone in Britain
Hadrian to Caracalla
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20063888 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony R Birley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 355-370 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Impact of the Roman army (200 BC-AD 476) (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004160446.i-589.57 |
| OpenAlex | W792618182 |
| ISBN | 9789004160446 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Frontier' on its own is an inappropriate term for the linear barriers rst erected by Hadrian: 1 the outpost forts are reminders that in Britain the empire did not stop at his Wall or, later, at the Antonine Wall. Lines of forts and towers had already existed in Germany, Britain and elsewhere close to where Hadrian built the palisade in Germany or British Wall. Still, his continuous Annherungshindernisse were indeed an innovation-although this has been denied: 'Trajan, who was so obviously uninhibited by any defensive notions of the termini imperii in the East, is now believed to have laid the wooden palisades along the line of the Solway Firth.' 2 Subsequent investigation has shown that the 'palisade slots' were 'modern land-drain trenches.' 3 Various motives have been suggested for Hadrian's erection of continuous arti cial barriers. 4 As far as Britain is concerned, there had been a serious rebellion at his accession: 'the Britons could not be kept 1 Cf. remarks by Th. Mommsen, Rmische Kaisergeschichte, edited from the transcript of his lectures by B. and A. Demandt (Munich 1992), 299: "Vielfach sind diese groen Befestigungsanlagen [ Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall] als die Grenze des rmischen Gebietes aufgefat worden; das
Archaeology · Frontier · Geography · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |