Title Blood of the provinces : the Roman auxilia and the making of provincial society from Augustus to the Severans / Ian Haynes

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2013) Subject Armed Forces Social conditions SUBJECT Rome -- Army. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115090 Rome -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115172 Rome -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006770 Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115127 Subject Rome (Empire) Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191758300 0191758302

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