ROMAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN MOESIA - (C.) Whately Exercitus Moesiae. The Roman Army in Moesia from Augustus to Severus Alexander. (BAR International Series 2825.) Pp. viii + 124, maps. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2016. Paper, £26. ISBN: 978-1-4073-1475-4.

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 521-523
Author(s):  
Florian Matei-Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Roman Army ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
Roman Military

scholarly journals Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools

Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Andrés Menéndez Blanco ◽  
Jesús García Sánchez ◽  
José Manuel Costa-García ◽  
João Fonte ◽  
David González-Álvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Cantabrian Mountains ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
Geospatial Datasets ◽  
Set Up

Sixty-six new archaeological sites have been discovered thanks to the combined use of different remote sensing techniques and open access geospatial datasets (mainly aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR). These sites enhance the footprint of the Roman military presence in the northern fringe of the River Duero basin (León, Palencia, Burgos and Cantabria provinces, Spain). This paper provides a detailed morphological description of 66 Roman military camps in northwestern Iberia that date to the late Republic or early Imperial eras. We discuss the different spatial datasets and GIS tools used for different geographic contexts of varied terrain and vegetation. Finally, it stresses out the relevance of these novel data to delve into the rationale behind the Roman army movements between the northern Duero valley and the southern foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains. We conclude that methodological approaches stimulated by open-access geospatial datasets and enriched by geoscientific techniques are fundamental to understand the expansion of the Roman state in northwestern Iberia during the 1st c. BC properly. This renewed context set up a challenging scenario to overcome traditional archaeological perspectives still influenced by the cultural-historical paradigm and the pre-eminence of classical written sources.

scholarly journals Hallazgos arqueológicos recientes para el estudio de la presencia militar romana en el oriente gallego

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Costa-García ◽  
João Fonte ◽  
Manuel Gago ◽  
Andrés Menéndez Blanco ◽  
Valentín Álvarez Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Geographic Information Technologies ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
Nw Iberia ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
Remote Sensing Techniques

En los últimos años hemos asistido a un incremento exponencial del número de evidencias arqueológicas relacionadas con la presencia del ejército romano en el noroeste peninsular. En este trabajo analizamos un conjunto de recintos identificados en el oriente gallego mediante el empleo de una metodología específica que aúna técnicas de teledetección y métodos de prospección arqueológica convencional. Estos yacimientos podrían identificarse como asentamientos militares romanos, de acuerdo con sus particulares características morfo-tipológicas. En las siguientes líneas se describen las estructuras arqueológicas documentadas, se analiza su patrón de asentamiento y se estudian sus relaciones con el territorio circundante con la ayuda de diversas tecnologías de información geográfica. ENG:NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA FOR THE STUDY OF THE ROMAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN EASTERN GALICIAABSTRACTThe archaeological evidence related to the presence of the Roman army in NW Iberia has exponentially increased in recent years. In this paper, we analysed a number of sites identified in the Galician easternmost territories by using a specific methodology which combines remote sensing techniques and conventional archaeological survey methods. These enclosures could be identified as Roman military sites, according to their particular morpho-typological characteristics. The goal of this work is to describe the documented archaeological structures, but also to analyse the settlement pattern of these sites, and to study their relations with the surrounding territory, thanks to the help of various geographic information technologies. KEYWORDSArchaeology; Survey; Remote Sensing; GIS; Fortifications; Roman period; NW Iberia

scholarly journals Roman Terracottas From the Lower City of Olbia from the collection of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine

Archaeology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Roman Kozlenko ◽  
◽  
Olha Puklina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Port Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Higher Rank ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
The City

The article introduces clay figurines of eagles and terracotta of a Roman soldier, which were found during excavations at the Lower City of Olbia in the 1930—1940-ies, and are kept in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. The iconography of the eagles is similar to the terracotta statuette of an eagle found in the praetorium building in the Upper City of Olbia. The series of rooms, in which the eagle figurines were found, belong to the Roman garrison structures, which were located in the port area of the city. Terracotta eagle figurines could be used in military sanctuaries, and imitate Roman military standards, or be associated with the worship of Jupiter. Analogies to these products are known from the Roman fortresses on the Danube and in Dacia province. The fragment of terracotta with a shield was a part of a Roman soldier figurine with hanging limbs. The warrior was depicted wearing a Roman military cloak (sagum). This indicates his higher rank, in contrast to the soldiers dressed in tunics. In his left hand he holds a shield (clipeus), which depicts a deity in armor, with rays above his head. The terracotta depicts warriors armed with gladius, and belted with a Roman military belt (cingulum militare). They depict the servicemen of the auxiliary troops of the Roman army — auxilia, or, given the non-standard shape of their shields, the sailors of the Moesian fleet (milites classiarii), whose units were stationed in Olbia, as is known from the epigraphic finds. The places of their finds mark the points of deployment of the Roman troops in the Northern Black Sea region. These terracottas could serve as votives in ritual rites associated with the cult of Mithras, which appears in Olbia as a result of the Roman garrison deployment in the city during the second half of the 2nd — first half of the 3rd c. AD.

RECREATING THE LATE ROMAN ARMY

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-567
Author(s):  
John Conyard
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Military Equipment ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Late Roman

This paper attempts to give some insight into the role that Roman military reconstruction archaeology can play in the understanding of Roman military equipment from Late Antiquity. It can only provide a brief introduction to some of the equipment of the Late Roman army though, and Bishop and Coulston’s Roman Military Equipment, first published in 1993 (2nd ed., 2006), must remain the standard work.1 This contribution will chiefly aim to examine how items of equipment were made, and more importantly, to consider how they were used.

Christians and the Roman Army A.D. 173–337

1974 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Helgeland
Keyword(s):  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Roman Military

The question of the church's stand during the first three and a half centuries on Christians enlisting in the Roman army has received much attention since 1900. With slight overlapping, modern historians of the encounter of Christians with the Roman military fall into three basic groups: Roman Catholic, Protestant pacifist and “establishment” Protestant, primarily Lutheran.

scholarly journals Alto da Cerca (Valpaços, Portugal): um assentamento militar romano na Serra da Padrela e sua relação com o distrito mineiro de Tresminas

2016 ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
João Fonte ◽  
José Manuel Costa-García
Keyword(s):  
Mining District ◽  
Eastern Slope ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Administrative Planning ◽  
Territorial Organization ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
Roman Mining

Pretendemos com este trabalho dar a conhecer um possível assentamento militar romano localizado na vertente Oriental da serra da Padrela: o Alto da Cerca (Valpaços, Portugal). O uso de uma metodologia não-invasiva permitiunos caracterizar arqueologicamente este sítio e diferenciá-lo em relação à rede de povoamento local. Tendo em consideração que o exército romano estaria directamente envolvido em tarefas de controlo e proteção das zonas mineiras, mas também com questões logísticas e técnico-administrativas de planificação, administração e organização territorial, procuramos contextualizar este assentamento em relação ao distrito mineiro romano de Tresminas. Alto da Cerca (Valpaços, Portugal): a Roman military settlement in the Padrela Mountain and its relation to the mining district of Tresminas - In this work, we study a possible Roman military settlement located on the eastern slope of the Padrela Mountain, named Alto da Cerca (Valpaços, Portugal). The use of a non-invasive methodology allowed us to characterise the site archaeologically and to differentiate it in relation to the local settlement network. Considering that the Roman army was directly involved in control tasks and protection of mining areas, but also in logistical issues and technical and administrative planning, as well as administration and territorial organization, we seek to contextualize the settlement in relation to the Roman mining district of Tresminas.

EL-LEJJŪN: LOGISTICS AND LOCALISATION ON ROME’S EASTERN FRONTIER IN THE 6TH C. A.D.

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 893-924
Author(s):  
Conor Whately
Keyword(s):  
Trade Networks ◽  
Military Logistics ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
Late Roman

This paper re-evaluates some of the conclusions reached by the contributors to the published final excavation report for the fortress of el-Lejjun in Jordan, particularly regarding its occupation in the first half of the 6th c. A.D. I argue that there was still a significant military presence, likely composed of limitanei, during that period, and that much of their food was sourced locally. This is in keeping with what we know about the provisioning of Roman frontier fortresses in other parts of the empire, and trends in the trade networks of the 6th c. East in general. Furthermore, the essay highlights the value that detailed archaeological reports have for elucidating Late Roman military logistics.

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