Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (2)

3rd Century AD

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

Product details

Published Sep 13 2022
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781472850492
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations Illustrated with 8 detailed colour artworks
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 547
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Raffaele D’Amato

Raffaele D'Amato, PhD, is the author of some 40 bo…

Illustrator

Raffaele Ruggeri

Raffaele Ruggeri was born in Bologna where he stil…

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