The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989

by S. Thomas Parker

Until the 1980s, the Roman frontier in modern Jordan was among the least studied of the empire's far-flung border regions. From 1980 until 1989, the Limes Arabicus Project investigated the frontier east of the Dead Sea. Excavation focused on the late Roman legionary fortress of el-Lejjun as well as soundings of four smaller but contemporaneous forts. The project's regional survey recorded over five hundred other archaeological sites in the area, dating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884022986
• ISBN13: 9780884022985
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 1104 Pages
• Weight: 7.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.2" x 9.1" x 11.2"