Raffaele D'Amato

Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (3) (eBook, ePUB)

4th-5th Centuries AD
Illustrator: Ruggeri, Raffaele

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476.

After the 50-year chaos of the mid-3rd century AD, Emperor Diocletian (r. AD 284-305) and his successor, Constantine I (r. AD 306-37), the first Christian emperor, undertook major administrative reforms to reflect new realities and improve defensive strategy. These changes saw the Roman Army completely reorganized, with its old structure of legions and auxiliary units giving way to central mobile field armies and various classes of garrison troops. In addition, the Army also began recruiting 'allied barbarians' in ever-increasing numbers and even promoted some to the level of senior command.

Roman military expert Raffaele D'Amato draws on the latest archaeological and written evidence to explore this turbulent final period of the Western Empire. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of surviving artefacts and imagery, this latest entry in a series charting the Roman Army's evolution also features eight newly commissioned colour plates depicting the uniforms and weaponry of Rome's reformed military.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472862693
• Artikelnr.: 72241560

Autorenporträt

Raffaele D'Amato, PhD, is the author of some 40 books and has written numerous articles on the Roman Empire, Byzantium, medieval Europe and the military of Ancient Greece. He has taught at the University of Ferrara, and was a visiting professor at Fatih University, Istanbul. He currently lives in England, working as an archaeological consultant and lawyer for Timeline Auctions Ltd of Harwich, and also as an external researcher for the Laboratory of the Danubian Provinces at the University of Ferrara.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION SELECT CHRONOLOGY (AD) MILITARY ORGANIZATION COMPOSITION The Imperial Comitatus and the Palatini - Limitanei or Ripenses - Foederati and Laeti - Imperial Guards UNIT DISTRIBUTION WEAPONS
EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING Barbaricum Diocese of Hispania - Provinciae: Gallaecia
Tarraconensis
Cartagenensis
Lusitania
Baetica (Mauretania Tingitana) - Iconography - Archaeology: weapons - Equipment - Belt fittings
brooches
etc. Diocese of Britannia - Provinciae: Britannia I and II
Maxima Caesariensis
Flavia Caesariensis
Valentia - Archaeology and iconography: weapons - Equipment - Belt fittings
brooches
etc. Diocese of Galliae - Provinciae: Germania I and II
Gallia Lugdunensis I
II
and IV
Belgica I and II
Maxima Sequanorum - Archaeology: weapons - Equipment - Belt fittings
brooches - Riding gear Diocese of Septem Provinciae - Provinciae: Viennensis
Aquitania I and II
Aquitania III Novempopulana
Narbonensis I and II
Alpes Poenninae
Graiae
AlpesmMaritimae - Iconography - Archaeology Diocese of Italia - Provinciae: Italia Annonaria
Italia Suburbicaria
Raetia I and II - Iconography and archaeology: weapons - Equipment - Belt fittings
brooches Diocese of Pannonia or Illyricum - Provinciae: Pannonia I
Pannonia Valeria
Dalmatia
Noricum Ripense
Noricum Mediterraneum - Archaeology: weapons - Equipment - Belt fittings
brooches
etc. Diocese of Africa - Provinciae: Africa Proconsularis
Byzacena
Mauretania Sitifensis
Mauretania Caesariensis
Numidia Cirtensis
Numidia Militiana et Tripolitania - Iconography - Archaeology SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX