Întrevederi diplomatice pe granițele fluviale ale Imperiului Roman [Articol]

Abstract

Diplomatic meetings on the fluvial borders of the Roman Empire. The military and diplomatic relations of Rome with the populations who lived beyond Rhine, Danube and Euphrates were influenced by the fluvial character of the border. Through their features: width of the watercourse, speed of the water, depth, these limits were obstacles which prevented the enemies to step on the Roman soil, but, in the same time, were making difficult the organization of diplomatic meetings on the virtual line that separated Rome from the enemy territory. The paper analyses the rank of the participants, the position of the two main participants to the meeting from the actual border, the technical solutions chosen, the complexity of the ceremonies and the time involved in order to compare the position of Rome in relation with its barbaric neighbors from the I century to the IV century A. D.