This volume contains the papers presented at Sessions 3 (Imperial frontiers: the Assyrian periphery and
interactions between Assyria and neighbouring kingdoms during the first millennium B) and 5 (West vs
East: from Hellenism to the Roman expansion in the Near East) of the 5th edition of the “Broadening
Horizons” Conference, which was held at the University of Udine from 5th to 8th June 2017. Broadening
Horizons is an international meeting that aims to offer an opportunity for relatively informal
discussion, especially (though not exclusively) for young/early career archaeologists specialized in the
ancient Near East and disciplines relevant to the main theme of each congress session. All the papers
have passed a double blind peer-review process and provide significant contributions on a number of
topics – among which material culture (e.g. pottery tradition and architecture), settlement pattern,
social changes, cultural transmission and economic dynamics – that are of fundamental importance for the archaeology of Mesopotamia and the Levant.