Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229 Bc-Ad 68

Informationen zum Autor Danijel Dzino is Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. Examines Roman military and political conquest of the Western Balkans (Illyricum) between 229 BC and c. AD 68. This book examines Roman military and political conquest of the Western Balkans (Illyricum) between 229 BC and c.AD 68 using written and archaeological sources. It shows the various political strategies that the Romans were using in dealing with the indigenous population of the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction, approaches, review of sources and secondary literature; 2. Illyricum in Roman foreign affairs: historical outline, theoretical approaches and geography; 3. Roman trans-Adriatic engagement (229-168 BC); 4. Rome across the Adriatic in the late Republic (167-59 BC); 5. The construction of Illyricum: Caesar in Illyricum and the civil war (59-44 BC); 6. Octavian in Illyricum; 7. From senatorial to imperial Illyricum: Bellum Pannonicum; 8. The failure of Greater Illyricum: the Bellum Batonianum; 9. Iulio-Claudians in Illyricum: the tale of two provinces; Conclusion. The construction of Illyricum in Roman political discourse; Timeline; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Danijel Dzino, Danijel (University of Adelaide) Dzino, Dzino Danijel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521194198
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19419-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Rome, Politics and government, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology