| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 430 pages) : illustrations (black and white |
| Contents |
Introduction: blood of the provinces -- The formative years: from the late republic to the death of Tiberius -- "Together under the name of Romans": the Auxilia from Claudius to Trajan -- A new provincialism: Hadrian and the Antonine revolutions -- Shifting fortunes: the Auxilia under the Severans -- The captive body: individual recruitment -- Geopolitics: how Rome selectively exploited the manpower of the provinces -- Recruitment and the limits of localism -- Ethnic exceptionalism? examining "special" recruitment practices -- Military service and the urban experience -- Incorporation through routine: the power of everyday life -- Sacred space and sacred time in the Auxilia -- Centralizing cult -- Distinct cult communities within the Auxilia -- Armoury of the Bricoleur? The disparate origins of auxiliary equipment -- Status, competition, and military adornment -- Between Roman and barbarian: auxiliary soldiers on the battlefield -- Disarming ethnicity? "Ethnic" fighting traditions in the Alae and Cohortes -- The spoken word -- The written word -- Veterani and other veterans -- Conclusion: embodying Rome |
| Summary |
The auxilia provided more than half the manpower in Rome’s provincial armies. This book demonstrates how, both on the battlefield and off, the Roman state addressed a crucial and enduring challenge, retaining control of the miscellaneous auxiliaries upon whom its very existence depended. Crucially, this was not simply achieved by pay and punishment, but also by a very particular set of cultural attributes that characterized provincial society under the Roman Empire. To understand better these attributes, this book opens with a broad chronological survey which examines the development of the auxilia against the evolving structures of imperial power. Beginning with the origins of the imperial auxilia under the late Republic, the survey culminates in the mid third century ad, by which time most key distinctions between auxiliary soldiers and legionary troops had been substantially eroded. The volume continues with an analysis of archaeological and historical sources for the recruitment, cults, routines, patterns of speech and written communication, tactics and dress of auxiliaries, and the broader military communities of which they were a part. In each instance, local variation and grassroots developments are set alongside broader imperial patterns |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Military history, Ancient.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Antiquities
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Armed Forces
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Military history, Ancient
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Social conditions
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Rome -- History, Military -- 30 B.C.-284 A.D
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115127
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Rome -- Army -- History
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Rome -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006770
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Rome -- Military antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115175
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online).
MaRLi UPSO 2014
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| ISBN |
9780191758300 |
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0191758302 |
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9780191627231 |
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0191627232 |
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