Drawing 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 to reconstruct this little-understood period of Roman military history and, with the aid of meticulous coloured artwork, photos and detailed charts, reconstructs the appearance and campaigns of the Roman forces stationed in the East.
By:
Dr Raffaele D’Amato
Illustrated by:
Mr Raffaele Ruggeri
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 248mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781472850492
ISBN 10: 1472850491
Series: Men-at-Arms
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 10 January 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
INTRODUCTION - 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
Raffaele D'Amato, PhD, is the author of some 40 books and has written numerous articles on the Roman Empire, including Byzantium, medieval Europe and the military of Ancient Greece. He has taught at the University of Ferrara, and for two years as 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.
