07-03-2011, 06:47 AM
Quote:do you mind providing a map that has more accurate borders?
I think what Robert meant was that it's impossible to be accurate, so any map is going to be guesswork. The Romans themselves didn't keep maps showing the desert frontiers, and both of the modern maps you linked seem rather vague - I don't think the slight difference between them is intended to represent any shift of borders.
There was, however, a military episode in Mauretania early in Hadrian's reign. We know almost nothing about it, except that Marcius Turbo (Hadrian's all-purpose hardman and troubleshooter) was sent there in 117/118, after sorting out the Jewish rebellion in Egypt. The trouble seems to have been ongoing into the early 120s though, so it could have been more of an insurgency than a full-scale rebellion. Possibly it resulted from the enforced suicide of Lusius Quietus in 117, and consequent unhappiness amongst his clients and supporters in the province.
- Nathan
Nathan Ross
