Service in the Roman army

Author(s)

• Davies, Roy W.
• Breeze, David John
• Maxfield, Valerie A.

Bibliographic Information

Service in the Roman army

Roy W. Davies ; edited by David Breeze and Valerie A. Maxfield

Edinburgh University Press with the Publications Board of the University of Durham, c1989

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 302-320

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

During his short career the late Roy Davies published nearly 60 papers on the organization of the Roman Army, and this paperback contains 10 of the most important. Together they cover every part of soldiering life - from enlistment, training, eating and living in camp, to being ill in service.

Table of Contents

• Joining the Roman Army
• the daily life of Roman soldier under the principate
• Fronto, Hadrian and the Roman Army
• the training grounds of the Roman cavalry
• Roman Wales and Roman military practice camps
• "Cohortes equitate"
• the supply of animals to the Roman army and the remount system
• the investigation of some crimes in Roman Egypt
• the Roman military diet
• the Roman military medical service.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA07094913
• ISBN:
  • 0852244959
  • 085224648X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 336 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : U755
  • DC19 : 355.1/0937
  • NDC8 : 392.32
  • NDC8 : 396.232
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Roman Empire armies. Soldiers. Army life
  • LCSH : Rome -- Army -- Military life