Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229 BC}}}AD 68 [Hardcover]

This book examines Roman military and political conquest of the Western Balkans (Illyricum) between 229 BC and c.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.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.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 (229168 BC); 4. Rome across the Adriatic in the late Republic (16759 BC); 5. The construction of Illyricum: Caesar in Illyricum and the civil war (5944 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; Timlc%