附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-242) and index.
1. Where are the Roman frontiers now? : an introduction -- 2. Grand strategy, or just a grand debate? -- 3. The importance of the invasions in the later Roman Empire : can historians be trusted? -- 4. Mental maps and frontiers : seeing like a Roman -- 5. Supplying the army : the evidence from the frontier fort of Vindolanda -- 6. Sex on the frontiers -- 7. 'To reach out to India and pursue the dawn' : the Roman view of India -- 8. Indian trade within the Roman imperial network -- 9. Roman frontiers and European perceptions -- 10. The use and abuse of immigrants in the later Roman Empire.