Description
Book SynopsisDrawing upon the latest literary and archaeological research, this is an in-depth study of the Roman Army units based in the Eastern Provinces during the turbulent third century of the Roman Empire.In this book, eminent Roman historian, Dr Raffaele D'Amato, looks at the notoriously under-represented history of the Roman armies during the middle 3rd Century whose records have been obscured by the chaotic civil wars of that period between usurpers to the Imperial authority of Rome. Following on from the previous title
, MAA 527,
Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (2): 3rd Century AD, this book considers the evidence for troops in the Eastern half of the Empire specifically around the Balkans, Mesopotamia, the Middle East and North Africa and looks at the weakness of Imperial central authority which inevitably led to local particularism and a wide range of appearance in regional commands. Dr D''Amato uses literary, painted, sculptural and archaeological sources
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION - The Eastern Provinces, from the Severans to Diocletian SELECT CHRONOLOGY MILITARY ORGANIZATION - Units – Command ranks and functions DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS -
Legiones -
Auxilia -
Numeri - Table of identified units, locations & dates ARMS, EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING -
Moesia Superior -
Moesia Inferior & Scythia Minor -
Dacia (Malvensis & Superior) -
Epirus -
Achaia -
Macedonia -
Thracia - Bythinia & Pontus - Chersonesus–Tauris -
Asia -
Lycia & Pamphylia -
Galatia -
Cappadocia -
Cilicia-Isauria -
Osroene & Mesopotamia -
Syria-Coele -
Syria-Phoenicia -
Syria Palaestina -
Arabia -
Cyprus -
Aegyptus -
Crete, Cyrenaica & Tripolitania SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX
