Six essays explore eastern regions of the Roman Empire, three of them considering aspects of the Roman colony Dura-Europe on the Euphrates River. Other topics include models of change n the margins, Roman frontiers and foreign policy in the east, and a Byzantine life of Constantine. There is no index. This and a second volume contain papers from a 2003 conference and a 2005 seminar series, both held at Macquarie University in Australia. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)