The Danube Frontier
The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river, the kingdom of the Dacians, was to pose an increasing threat to the Roman empire. Inevitably, this eventually provoked Roman attempts at invasion and conquest. It is a measure of Dacian prowess and resilience that several tough campaigns were required over more than a century before their kingdom was added to the Roman Empire. It was one of the Empire's last major acquisitions (and a short-lived one at that).

Dr. Michael Schmitz traces Roman involvement in the Danube region from first contact with the Thracians after the Third Macedonian War in the 2nd century BC to the ultimate conquest of Dacia by Trajan in the early years of the 2nd Century AD. Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate. Specially commissioned color plates bring the main troop types vividly to life in meticulously researched detail.
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The Danube Frontier
The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river, the kingdom of the Dacians, was to pose an increasing threat to the Roman empire. Inevitably, this eventually provoked Roman attempts at invasion and conquest. It is a measure of Dacian prowess and resilience that several tough campaigns were required over more than a century before their kingdom was added to the Roman Empire. It was one of the Empire's last major acquisitions (and a short-lived one at that).

Dr. Michael Schmitz traces Roman involvement in the Danube region from first contact with the Thracians after the Third Macedonian War in the 2nd century BC to the ultimate conquest of Dacia by Trajan in the early years of the 2nd Century AD. Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate. Specially commissioned color plates bring the main troop types vividly to life in meticulously researched detail.
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The Danube Frontier

The Danube Frontier

by Michael Schmitz
The Danube Frontier

The Danube Frontier

by Michael Schmitz

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The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river, the kingdom of the Dacians, was to pose an increasing threat to the Roman empire. Inevitably, this eventually provoked Roman attempts at invasion and conquest. It is a measure of Dacian prowess and resilience that several tough campaigns were required over more than a century before their kingdom was added to the Roman Empire. It was one of the Empire's last major acquisitions (and a short-lived one at that).

Dr. Michael Schmitz traces Roman involvement in the Danube region from first contact with the Thracians after the Third Macedonian War in the 2nd century BC to the ultimate conquest of Dacia by Trajan in the early years of the 2nd Century AD. Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate. Specially commissioned color plates bring the main troop types vividly to life in meticulously researched detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473865563
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 08/30/2015
Series: Roman Conquests
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 733,505
File size: 13 MB
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About the Author

Dr Michael Schmitz is a lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 Illyricum: The Push Towards the Danube 1

Chapter 2 Julius Caesar 15

Chapter 3 Octavian's Illyricum 21

Chapter 4 The Danube as the Northern Frontier 37

Chapter 5 The Pannonian Uprising of AD 6 to 9 51

Chapter 6 The Dacians: an Emerging Empire 61

Chapter 7 The Flavian Danube 73

Chapter 8 Trajan's Dacian Wars 89

Chapter 9 Hadrian 107

Chapter 10 The War of Many Nations 113

Conclusion: 'The Best Defence is a Good Offence'? 127

Notes 131

Select Bibliography 141

Index 145

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