Edge of Empire: Rome's Frontier on the Lower Rhine

by Arjen Bosman and Jona Lendering

"In this place, a poverty-stricken tribe lives on high terps and hand-built platforms, which raise their homes above the known high water mark. When the waves wash over the surrounding land, the inhabitants look like seafarers, but when the water subsides they have the appearance of shipwrecked people."

That's how a Roman officer described the people living on the shores of the North Sea. To him and his comrades, this was the edge of the world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9490258059
• ISBN13: 9789490258054
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Karwansaray Publishers
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 8.6"