Terms, Names, Places
Augustus
Gemma Augustea
orbis terrarum/imperium sine fine
'scientific frontier'
Parthian Empire
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Septimius Severus
Questions
1. How did the western/eastern frontiers differ? Did the Romans evolve "a different policy and a different concept of frontier in the East than in the West"?
2. Is it possible to reconstruct in either the West or the East a "frontier system"?