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Illyricum in Roman politics, 229 BC-AD 68

This book examines Roman military and political conquest of the Western Balkans (Illyricum) between 229 BC and c.AD 68 using written and archaeological sources. It shows the various political strategies that the Romans were using in dealing with the indigenous population of the region.
Print Book, English, 2010
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2010
History
xvii, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780521194198, 0521194199
422765283
Introduction, approaches, review of sources and secondary literature
Illyricum in Roman foreign affaires : historical outline, theoretical approaches and geography
Roman trans-Adriatic engagement, 229-168 BC
Rome across the Adriatic in the late Republic, 167-59 BC
The construction of Illyricum : Caesar in Illyricum and the Civil Wars, 59-44 BC
Octavian in Illyricum
From senatorial to imperial Illyricum : Bellum Pannonicum
The failure of Greater Illyricum : the Bellum Batonianum
Iulio-Claudians in Illyricum : the tale of two provinces
Conclusion : the construction of Illyricum in Roman political discourse