Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

4/1/1980 - 3/31/1982

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$24,880.00 (approved)
$20,875.00 (awarded)


The Historical Evolution of the Roman Frontier in Central Jordan

FAIN: RO-*1312-80

ASOR (Alexandria, VA 22314-2909)
S. Thomas Parker (Project Director: October 1979 to October 1990)

To support excavations of two major military sites on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan (A.D. 106-636). A major military buildup which occurred along the frontier around A.D. 300 was followed by a sudden withdrawaltwo centuries later.