Pannonia and Upper Moesia (Routledge Revivals) : A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire

In Pannonia and Upper Moesia, first published 1974, András Mócsy surveys the Middle Danube Provinces from the latest pre-Roman Iron Age up to the beginning of the Great Migrations. His primary concern is to develop a general synthesis of the archaeological and historical researches in the Danube Basin, which lead to a more detailed knowledge of the Roman culture of the area. The economic and social development, town and country life, culture and religion in the Provinces are all investigated, and the local background of the so-called Illyrian Predominance during the third century crisis of the Roman Empire is explained, as is the eventual breakdown of Danubian Romanisation. This volume will appeal to students and teachers of archaeology alike, as well as to those interested in the Roman Empire – not only the history of Rome itself, but also of the far-flung areas which together comprised the Empire's frontier for centuries. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Plates Figures Preface Chapter 1 Thracians, Illyrians and Celts Chapter 2 Conquest of the Danube region and Augustan frontier policy Chapter 3 Native population and settlement Chapter 4 The Danube frontier from Vespasian to Marcus Aurelius Chapter 5 The first age of prosperity Chapter 6 Crises on the Danube: the rise of the Illyrican soldiery Chapter 7 The second age of prosperity: rise and collapse Chapter 8 The Danube frontier in the late Roman period Chapter 9 The final period of prosperity Chapter 10 The beginning of the Dark Age Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Indexes