A History of the Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 1949-2024

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Sixth International Congress of Archaeology, Berlin 1939

The First Congress, Newcastle, England, UK 1949

The Second Congress, Carnuntum, Austria 1955

The Third Congress, Rheinfelden/Basel, Switzerland 1957

The Fourth Congress, Durham, England, UK 1959

The Fifth Congress, former Yugoslavia 1961

The Sixth Congress, Arnoldshain, Germany 1964

The Seventh Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel 1967

The Eighth Congress, Cardiff, Wales, UK 1969

The Ninth Congress, Mamaïa, Romania 1972

The Tenth Congress, Xanten and Nijmegen, Germany and the Netherlands 1974

The Eleventh Congress, Székesfehérvár, Hungary 1976

The Twelfth Congress, Stirling, Scotland, UK 1979

The Thirteenth Congress, Aalen, Germany 1983

The Fourteenth Congress, Carnuntum, Austria 1986

The Fifteenth Congress, Canterbury, England (UK) 1989

The Sixteenth Congress, Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, the Netherlands 1995

The Seventeenth Congress, Zalău, Romania 1997

The Eighteenth Congress, Amman, Jordan 2000

The Nineteenth Congress, Pécs, Hungary 2003

The Twentieth Congress, León, Spain 2006

The Twenty-First Congress, Newcastle, England (UK) 2009

The Twenty-second Congress, Ruse, Bulgaria 2012

The Twenty-third Congress, Ingolstadt, Germany 2015

The Twenty-fourth Congress, Viminacium, Serbia 2018

The Twenty-fifth Congress, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2022

Reflections on the Congress
The structure of the Congress meetings
International influences
The cycle of meetings
The location of Congresses
Planning a Congress
Special features

The Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage property

Further reading

Appendix: The frontiers of the Roman Empire multi-language books

Acknowledgements