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Book SynopsisBlood of the Provinces is the first fully comprehensive study of the largest part of the Roman army, the auxilia. This non-citizen force constituted more than half of Rome''s celebrated armies and was often the military presence in some of its territories. Diverse in origins, character, and culture, they played an essential role in building the empire, sustaining the unequal peace celebrated as the pax Romana, and enacting the emperor''s writ.Drawing upon the latest historical and archaeological research to examine recruitment, belief, daily routine, language, tactics, and dress, this volume offers an examination of the Empire and its soldiers in a radical new way. Blood of the Provinces demonstrates how the Roman state addressed a crucial and enduring challenge both on and off the battlefield - 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 cul
Trade ReviewI. Haynes's book is the first fully rounded attempt to evoke auxiliaries as people, family men and social actors, not just within the context of Rome's armies but also in the creation of provincial societies. A century on, it is a worthy twenty-first-century volume to place alongside Cheesmans classic. * Simon James, Britannia *
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; SECTION 1: THE AUXILIA AND THE STRUCTURES OF IMPERIAL POWER; SECTION 2: THE HUMAN RESOURCE: THE RECRUITMENT OF THE AUXILIA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES; SECTION 3: A HOME FROM ROME: DAILY LIFE IN THE AUXILIA; SECTION 4: THROUGH THE EYES OF BELIEVERS: RELIGION, RITUAL ACTIVITY AND CULT PRACTICE; SECTION 5: ARMS AND THE MEN: EQUIPMENT, TACTICS AND IDENTITY; SECTIION 6: PEN AND SWORD: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION; SECTION 7: AUXILIARY VETERANS AND THE MAKING OF PROVINCIAL SOCIETY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
