Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers, 1971-2000

L. J. F. Keppie

Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000 - History - 339 pages

It was RomeAes army which conquered first Italy, then a wide geographical area centred on the Mediterranean basin. Transition and change are important themes in this collection of papers, transition not only from the short-service army of the Roman Republic to a long-serving army of professionals, but also from an army of Romans to an army defending Rome, a city the soldiers were pledged to defend but which few would ever visit. The legions came increasingly to be recruited from the provinces in which they were stationed. On retirement, they often received land, initially in Italy but later in the provinces, which formed the basis for an upward move in society. A wide variety of archaeological, epigraphic, sculptural, numismatic and literary evidence is deployed. "aeine wesentliche Bereicherung des jeweiligen Forschungsgebietesa" Historische Zeitschrift

Contents

• Preface: 9
• the evidence of inscriptions and sculpture: 11
• The army and the navy 43 BC AD 69 20: 64
• A centurion of legio Martia at Padua?: 68
• Mark Antonys legions: 77
• A note on the title Actiacus: 97
• The Praetorian Guard before Sejanus: 99
• The origin and early history of the Second Augustan Legion: 123
• H THE IMPERIAL LEGIONS: 124
• Legion VIE Augusta and the Claudian invasion: 166
• a problem for the eastern provinces?: 173
• Legions in the east from Augustus to Trajan: 180
• the beginning and the end: 201
• The legionary garrison of Judaea under Hadrian: 219
• The history and disappearance of the legion XXII Deiotariana: 225
• HI VETERANS 17 Soldiers and veterans at the colony of Forum Julii Frejus: 233
• Vexilla veteranorum: 239
• Addenda: 317
• Places of Original Publication: 326

Bibliographic information

• Title: Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers, 1971-2000; Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers, Lawrence J. F. Keppie; Volume 12 of Mavors (Stuttgart); Volume 12 of Mavors / Mavors; Volume 12 of Mavors Roman Army Researches
• Author: L. J. F. Keppie
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000
• ISBN: 3515077448, 9783515077446
• Length: 339 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Rome