A Companion to the Roman Army

Paul Erdkamp1-4051-2153-X, 978-1-4051-2153-8

This Companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force. An extensive account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire Examines the army as a military machine – its recruitment, training, organization, tactics and weaponry Explores the relationship of the army to Roman politics, economics and society more broadly Considers the geography and climate of the lands in which the Romans fought Each chapter is written by a leading expert in a particular subfield and takes account of the latest scholarly and archaeological research in that area.

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Table of contents :
Illustrations……Page 11
Notes on Contributors……Page 13
Abbreviations of ReferenceWorks and Journals……Page 18
Abbreviations of Works ofClassical Literature……Page 23
Introduction……Page 28
PART I Early Rome……Page 32
CHAPTER ONE Warfare and the Armyin Early Rome……Page 34
CHAPTER TWO The Army and CenturiateOrganization in Early Rome……Page 51
PART II Mid- and Late Republic……Page 70
CHAPTER THREE Army and BattleDuring the Conquest ofItaly (350–264 bc)……Page 72
CHAPTER FOUR The Age of Overseas Expansion (264–146 bc)……Page 90
CHAPTER FIVE The Late Republican Army (146–30 bc)……Page 107
CHAPTER SIX War and State Formationin the Roman Republic……Page 123
CHAPTER SEVEN Roman Manpowe rand Recruitment Duringthe Middle Republic……Page 141
CHAPTER EIGHT Military Command,Political Power, and theRepublican Elite……Page 159
CHAPTER NINE Colonization,Land Distribution,and Veteran Settlement……Page 175
CHAPTER TEN Army and General in theLate Roman Republic……Page 191
PART III The Empire(Actium to Adrianople)……Page 208
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Augustan Reformand the Structure of theImperial Army……Page 210
CHAPTER TWELVE Classes. The Evolution of theRoman Imperial Fleets……Page 228
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Battle, Tactics,and the Emergence of the Limites in the West……Page 245
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Army and the Limesin the East……Page 262
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Strategy and Army Structure between Septimius Severus and Constantine the Great……Page 294
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Military Documents, Languages, and Literacy……Page 313
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Finances and Costsof the Roman Army……Page 333
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN War- and Peacetime Logistics:Supplying Imperial Armiesin East and West……Page 350
CHAPTER NINETEEN The Roman Armyand Propaganda……Page 366
CHAPTER TWENTY The Army and the Urban Elite:A Competition for Power……Page 386
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Making Emperors.Imperial Instrument orIndependent Force?……Page 406
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Military Camps,Canabae, and Vici. TheArchaeological Evidence……Page 422
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Marriage, Families, andSurvival: Demographic Aspects……Page 444
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Recruits and Veterans……Page 462
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The Religions of the Armies……Page 478
PART IV The Late Roman Empire (up to Justinian)……Page 504
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Warlords and Landlords……Page 506
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The Foederati……Page 522
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Army and Society inthe Late Roman World:A Context for Decline?……Page 542
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Army and Battle in theAge of Justinian (527–65)……Page 559
Index locorum……Page 578
Index……Page 582