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.

Danijel Dzino (Author)

9780521194198, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 January 2010

242 pages, 4 b/w illus. 3 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.49 kg

Illyricum, in the western Balkan peninsula, was a strategically important area of the Roman Empire where the process of Roman imperialism began early and lasted for several centuries. Dzino here examines Roman political conduct in Illyricum; the development of Illyricum in Roman political discourse; and the beginning of the process that would integrate Illyricum into the Roman Empire and wider networks of the Mediterranean world. In addition, he also explores the different narrative histories, from the romanocentric narrative of power and Roman military conquest, which dominate the available sources, to other, earlier scholarly interpretations of events.

1. Introduction, approaches, review of sources and secondary literature
2. Illyricum in Roman foreign affairs: historical outline, theoretical approaches and geography
3. Roman trans-Adriatic engagement (229–168 BC)
4. Rome across the Adriatic in the late Republic (167–59 BC)
5. The construction of Illyricum: Caesar in Illyricum and the civil war (59–44 BC)
6. Octavian in Illyricum
7. From senatorial to imperial Illyricum: Bellum Pannonicum
8. The failure of Greater Illyricum: the Bellum Batonianum
9. Iulio-Claudians in Illyricum: the tale of two provinces
Conclusion. The construction of Illyricum in Roman political discourse
Timeline
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology [HDDK], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]