Raffaele D'Amato

Roman Standards & Standard-Bearers (1) (eBook, PDF)

112 BC-AD 192
Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the armies of the late Roman Republic and early Empire continually engaged on the frontiers, the soldiers selected for the dangerous honour of carrying them were figures of particular renown and splendour.

Standard-bearers wore special armour, with the heads and pelts of animals such as bears, wolves, or even lions draped over their helmets and shoulders. The standards themselves varied greatly, from the legion's Eagle and imperial portrait image to various cohort signa, flags (vexilla) and even dragon 'windsocks' (dracones) copied from barbarian enemies and allies.

This first volume of a two-part series by Roman army expert, Rafaele D'Amato uses detailed colour plates and the latest research to examine these vital cogs in the Roman army machine that drove its soldiers to conquer the known world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472821829
• Artikelnr.: 50214821

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 - historical evolution of standards, from Marius to Commodus
Late Consular period: standard-bearers - standards
Early Imperial period: standard-bearers - organization & career
Early Imperial legionary standards: the eagle, vexillum & imago
Standards of the cohors, centuria & manipulum
Auxiliary standards: cavalry - vexillum - draco
Praetorian Guard standards - standards of Urban cohorts and Vigiles
Signa Militaria & Signa Imperia
Uniforms and weapons of standard-bearers
The chapel of the standards
Standards in battle - some famous standard-bearers
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Plate Commentaries