Blood of the Provinces

Blood of the Provinces

The Roman Auxilia and the Making of Provincial Society from Augustus to the Severans

Haynes, Ian (Chair of Archaeology, Newcastle University, Professor, Chair of Archaeology, Newcastle University)

Oxford University Press

12/2016

448

Mole

Inglês

9780198795445

15 a 20 dias

This is the first fully comprehensive study of the auxilia, a non-citizen force which constituted more than half of Rome's celebrated armies. Diverse in origins, character, and culture, they played an essential role in building the empire, sustaining the unequal peace celebrated as the pax Romana, and enacting the emperor's writ.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; SECTION 1: THE AUXILIA AND THE STRUCTURES OF IMPERIAL POWER; SECTION 2: THE HUMAN RESOURCE: THE RECRUITMENT OF THE AUXILIA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES; SECTION 3: A HOME FROM ROME: DAILY LIFE IN THE AUXILIA; SECTION 4: THROUGH THE EYES OF BELIEVERS: RELIGION, RITUAL ACTIVITY AND CULT PRACTICE; SECTION 5: ARMS AND THE MEN: EQUIPMENT, TACTICS AND IDENTITY; SECTIION 6: PEN AND SWORD: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION; SECTION 7: AUXILIARY VETERANS AND THE MAKING OF PROVINCIAL SOCIETY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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