Euphrates frontier (Roman)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23713274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T B Mitford (Corpus Christi College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah18041.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4205960819 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
From the northern plains of Syria and Samosata, the Roman frontier stretched for almost 500 miles up the Euphrates valley and over the Pontic mountains to the Black Sea at Trapezus (Trabzon). Eastward along the coast a chain of protected anchorages extended to Sebastopolis and the foothills of the Caucasus. Adopting lines encountered during the Mithradatic Wars, and developed during Nero's Armenian campaigns, the frontier was constructed by Vespasian. Massively rebuilt by Justinian, it endured until the Arab advances in the seventh century.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Armenian · Black sea · Cartography · Foothills · Frontier · Geography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Geology · History · Oceanography
| Highly cited | No |
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