Blood of the provinces: the Roman auxilia and the making of provincial society from Augustus to the Severans

by Haynes, Ian P.

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 430 pàgines : : il·lustracions (blanc i negre) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199655342, 0199655340
oclc:ocn892219376
Dewey Decimal:355.00937

Contingut: 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.