Soldier and society in Roman Egypt : a social history
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Soldier and society in Roman Egypt : a social history
Routledge, 1998, c1995
- : pbk
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Note
Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 1990
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The province of Egypt provides unique archaeological and documentary evidence for the study of the Roman army. In this fascinating social history Richard Alston examines the economic, cultural, social and legal aspects of a military career, illuminating the life and role of the individual soldier in the army.
Soldier and Society in Roman Eygpt provides a complete reassessment of the impact of the Roman army on local societies, and convincingly challenges the orthodox picture. The soldiers are seen not as an isolated elite living in fear of the local populations, but as relatively well-integrated into local communities. The unsuspected scale of the army's involvement in these communities offers a new insight into both Roman rule in Egypt and Roman imperialism more generally.
Table of Contents
List of maps, tables and figures, Preface, Abbreviations, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 THE ARMY AND THE PROVINCE, 3 RECRUITMENT AND VETERAN SETTLEMENT, 4 THE LEGAL STATUS OF SOLDIERS AND VETERAN,S, 5 THE ARMY IN ACTION, 6 THE ARMY AND THE ECONOMY, 7 KARANIS: A VILLAGE IN EGYPT, 8 DIOCLETIAN AND AFTER, 9 CONCLUSION, APPENDIX 1: MILITARY UNITS, APPENDIX 2: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ARMY, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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