Download or read book The Transformation of Frontiers from Late Antiquity to the Carolingians written by Walter Pohl and published by Brill Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Roman empire was transformed, the meaning and impact of frontiers changed as the new Gothic, Lombard and Frankish kingdoms, as well as the empire as a whole, sought to define their realms, control movements, establish exchange networks and give their frontiers a Christian significance.