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The late antique Roman officer as “Kultfunktionär” in the Christian Roman army
Nuova Antologia Militare, 2022 Scholarly research of the Roman army religion has shown that officers played an important role in the performance of the official cult. As religious functionaries, the officers sacrificed and made dedications on behalf of their unit, recited oaths, vows ...
Winfried Kumpitsch
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Late Iron Age and Roman equine breeding north of the Alps: Genetic insights and cultural implications [PDF]
iScienceSummary: The Roman conquest of the northern Alpine foreland in 15 BCE introduced larger-sized horses and hybrid mules to the region. To investigate their genetic profiles and influence on local breeding, we analyzed our previously generated shallow ...
Muhammad Bilal Sharif +10 more
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Identities in the Late Roman Army: Material and Textual Perspectives
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2001 None
Andrew Gardner
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The impact of the late roman army in Palaestina and Arabia [PDF]
, 2007 This chapter investigates the relationship between the presence of the late Roman army in certain marginal areas of the Near East bordering the desert and the economic and demographic growth of those territories. Should we assume that the presence of the army was a prerequisite condition of their development?
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Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2021 Introduction. During the whole 4th c. the Late Roman frontier military units constantly took part in military campaigns against different enemies of the Empire, hovewer the author of this paper asks the question how precisely frontier military ...
Evgeniy Mekhamadiev
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An Analysis of Julius Caesar’s Generalship as Compared to Proper Generalship in Vegetius
Nuova Antologia Militare, 2023 Little is known about Vegetius, who wrote the military handbook Epitoma Rei Militaris (RM), most likely for Emperor Theodosius I during the late 3rd or early 4th century CE.
William Carpenter
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The Legions of Cannae. The First Professional Army of the Roman Republic
Nuova Antologia Militare, 2021 This article traces the evolution of the well-known Legiones Cannenses from a citizen army into a professional force, possibly the first in the history of the Roman army. I shall focus on three main aspects of this transformation.
Samuele Rocca
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«Ipse Perspicis Scilicet»: The Relation between Army and Religion in Constantinian Propaganda
Religions, 2023 This study aims to explore the connection between religious and military spheres in Constantinian propaganda. The extensive use of propaganda and the notorious public discourse which involves the dynamics of power during Late Antiquity show how religion ...
Álex Corona Encinas
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Persian Immigrants in the Armed Forces of Early Byzantium
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2020 Introduction. The article is devoted to Persians who served in the Early Byzantine armed forces. Even during the Principate period, alae and cohortes which were originally recruited from Parthians were part of the Roman imperial army.
Andrey D. Nazarov
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Gouverner l’Orient romain des tétrarques aux Théodosiens
Pallas, 2023 The Roman Empire in the East successfully overcame the political crisis of the last centuries of Antiquity, whilst the western part disappeared after the fifth century.
Sylvain Destephen
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