罗马边疆研究在西方的兴起与发展

The Rise and Development of Roman Frontier Studies in the Western Academia

罗马边疆研究在西方兴起的时间较晚,直到20世纪前半期对它的研究都还没有形成系统。20世纪中期,罗马边疆研究在西方学术界作为一门学科分支悄然兴起。它的兴起与罗马边疆铭文收集、整理及考古密不可分。从1949年到2012年,大致定期召开的"罗马边疆研究"国际学术研讨会对罗马边疆研究的发展起到了非常重要的作用,并呈现出最新的研究成果。罗马边疆的区域性、综合性研究著作的大量出现以及各种罗马边疆理论的纷呈,极大地推动了罗马边疆研究的深入发展并展现出新时期的研究特点。罗马边疆研究向跨学科结合方向发展以及对罗马同时期大国边疆的比较研究体现出新时期的研究趋势。

Roman Frontier Studies(RFS) in the western academia started relatively late,and relevant studies were not systematic until the first half of the 20 th century.In the middle of the 20 th century,RFS has emerged as a subdiscipline.The rise of RFS is germane to the collection,categorization,and archaeological investigation of Roman frontier inscriptions.The RFS international conference,regularly held between 1949 and 2012,not only presented the latest research results,but also played a very important role in the development of the subdiscipbne.Furthermore,the burgeon of academic worksregional or comprehensive-on the Roman frontier,and the diversity of relevant theories has greatly prompted the development of RTS and indicated new academic trends.Meanwhile,interdisciplinary and comparative studies of the frontiers of Rome and other contemporaneous powers has also characterized the new era.