Professional ranks in the Roman Army of Dacia
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Professional ranks in the Roman Army of Dacia
（BAR international series, 2681）
Archaeopress, 2014
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All the sources categories, epigraphy, literature and archaeology, together with the contributions of contemporary scientific methods form a solid foundation for the purpose of this paper: the study of the military hierarchy in Dacia. The most complex aspect is by far the hierarchy of soldiers. Epigraphic sources provide a rich source of data for Dacia but a less documented aspect is that of promotions and careers. Thus, the understanding of military hierarchy across the Empire is very valuable. Following the obvious hypothesis, that one cannot understand the history of Roman Dacia, unless in the wider context of the Roman Empire, the author attempts to decrypt the multitude of ranks and functions in the career of the solider. Thus, the research has moved from general to particular, starting from literary sources and contemporary monographic studies and reaching the individual epigraphic sources and studies concerned with a certain category of officers or a particular phenomenon found in an inscription.
It was necessary to study each category of Roman units because the connections between them are very strong, especially as far as it involves soldiers, personnel and officers as elements of the whole functional entity in the Mediterranean space. For the purpose of systematization, the author chose the classification proposed by Domaszewski, more than 100 years ago, dividing the military ranks into several categories: soldier ranks - immunes and principales, centurions and primipili.
Table of Contents
I. Immunes and principales. I.1. General Facts. Terminology 15. I.2. The Legion. I.2.1. Excurse. The Troops in Rome. I.2.2. The Lower Hierarchy of the Legion. I.2.3. The Lower Hierarchy of the Legionaires from Dacia. I.2.4. Particularities of Legionary immunes, principales and Military officia from Dacia. I.3. Auxiliary Units. I.3.1. The Lower Hierarchy of Auxiliary Units. I.3.2. The Lower Hierarchy of Auxiliary Units from Dacia. I.3.3. Particularities of Auxiliary immunes and principales from Dacia. I.4. The Role of immunes and principales from Dacia in the Provincial Society. II. Centurions. II.1. General Facts. II.1.1. Centurions' Origin and Entry to the Rank. II.1.2. Centurions' Hierarchy. II.1.3. Excurse. The Centurionate in Rome. II.1.4. Special Functions of the Centurions. II.1.5. Centurions' Pay and Social Status. II.2. Legionary Centurions in Dacia. II.2.1. Centurions' Origin and Entry to the Rank in the Army of Dacia. II.2.2. Centurion Careers in Dacia. II.2.3. Post-centurionate Careers in Dacia. II.2.4. Particularities of the Legionary Centurionate in Dacia. II.2.5. The Role of Centurions from Dacia in the Provincial Society. III. Primi pili and primipilares. III.1. General Facts. III.1.1. The Rank of primus pilus and entry to it. III.1.2. The Career of the primipilares. III.1.3. Primipilares in Religion, Economy and Society. III.2. Primi pili and primipilares from Dacia. III.2.1. Particularities of the primipilate in Dacia.
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