Stephen L. Dyson finds in the experience of the Republic the origins of
Roman frontier policy and methods of border control as practiced under
the Empire. Focusing on the western provinces during the Republic, he
demonstrates the ways in which Roman society, like that of the United
States, was shaped by its own frontier.
Originally published in 1985.
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