Graham, Mark W. creator author. text Electronic books. miu 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (248 p.) Prior to the third century A.D., two broad Roman conceptions of frontiers proliferated and competed: an imperial ideology of rule without limit coexisted with very real and pragmatic attempts to define and defend imperial frontiers. But from about A.D. 250-500, there was a basic shift in mentality, as news from and about frontiers began to portray a more defined Roman worldâ€"a world with limitsâ€"allowing a new understanding of frontiers as territorial and not just as divisions of people. This concept, previously unknown in the ancient world, brought with it a new consciousness, which soon spread to cosmology, geography, myth, sacred texts, and prophecy. The “frontier consciousnessâ€_x009d_ produced a unified sense of Roman identity that transcended local identities and social boundaries throughout the later Empire. Mark W. Graham. Access copy available to the general public. Unrestricted star History / Ancient / Rome History 9780472115624 https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/8f1afd61-3e35-42a2-bd65-ff7c7a8413ad https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/8f1afd61-3e35-42a2-bd65-ff7c7a8413ad Access copy available to the general public. ScCtBLL 210129 20210303105200.0 100886