Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien
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Michael A. Speidel
Abstract
Road maps of the Roman Empire usually show a reticulate network of local and long distance routes stretching to the very limits of the Imperium Romanum, where all roads suddenly appear to end. Although the physical remains of Roman roads clearly show that Rome constructed its road system only within the empire’s boundaries, they also reveal that this was not done to a single empire-wide standard. Nor did Rome’s interest in road connections end where provincial territory did. This contribution discusses new epigraphic and archaeological evidence from the territory of the former Nabataean kingdom that illustrates how, in the early decades of the new province of Arabia, the purpose a certain road was expected to serve determined the standards to which it was constructed. Purpose and construction standards, in turn, therefore shed light on various aspects of Roman imperial interests in the wider region.
Abstract
Road maps of the Roman Empire usually show a reticulate network of local and long distance routes stretching to the very limits of the Imperium Romanum, where all roads suddenly appear to end. Although the physical remains of Roman roads clearly show that Rome constructed its road system only within the empire’s boundaries, they also reveal that this was not done to a single empire-wide standard. Nor did Rome’s interest in road connections end where provincial territory did. This contribution discusses new epigraphic and archaeological evidence from the territory of the former Nabataean kingdom that illustrates how, in the early decades of the new province of Arabia, the purpose a certain road was expected to serve determined the standards to which it was constructed. Purpose and construction standards, in turn, therefore shed light on various aspects of Roman imperial interests in the wider region.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
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I. A Broader View
- Via ducta – Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research 3
- Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward 22
- Roots to Routes: Gandhara’s Landscapes of Mobility 35
- Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien 53
- Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus) 67
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II. The Roads of the Empire
- Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity 109
- Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia 132
- Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien 147
- CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera 166
- Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit 191
- The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia 215
- Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points 236
- Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces 252
- Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce 272
- Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania 303
- Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna 323
- Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions 338
- Miliari e viabilità dell’Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni 375
- Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta 404
- Autorenliste 423
- Index 425
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
-
I. A Broader View
- Via ducta – Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research 3
- Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward 22
- Roots to Routes: Gandhara’s Landscapes of Mobility 35
- Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien 53
- Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus) 67
-
II. The Roads of the Empire
- Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity 109
- Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia 132
- Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien 147
- CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera 166
- Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit 191
- The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia 215
- Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points 236
- Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces 252
- Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce 272
- Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania 303
- Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna 323
- Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions 338
- Miliari e viabilità dell’Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni 375
- Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta 404
- Autorenliste 423
- Index 425
