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  ROMAN MILITARY GLOSSARY
In a second-century census of the Roman military, the alae quingenariae outnumbered the alae millariae by ninety units to ten.
Within a Roman military camp, this was where the camp commander would stand to address his men, issue orders, hear complaints, conduct court-martial proceedings, also to perform the necessary military ceremonial and religious duties.
hospital The hospital in a Roman camp was placed by Hyginus in the praetentura alongside the Scholae and the veterinarium, though in many forts the valetudinarium occurs in the latera praetorii alongside the granaries and the principia in the centre of the camp.
www.roman-britain.org /glossary_m.htm   (7214 words)

  
  Military history of the Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The core of the military history of the Roman Empire is the account of its great land battles, from the conquest of Italy to its final battles against the Huns.
All in all the Roman army consisted of 18 centuries of equites, 82 centuries of the first class (of which 2 centuries were engineers), 20 centuries each of the second, third and fourth classes and 32 centuries of the fifth class (of which 2 centuries were trumpeters).
Eventually, the dynastic structure of the imperial office returned due to the centralization of loyalty and control of the military once more, and then collapsed once again for the same reasons as before, leading to the destruction of the Western Half of the Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Army   (6384 words)

  
 The Command Structure
We take a Roman approach to it, to duplicate their success.
The command structure helps ensure that the most experienced fighters call the shots on the battlefield.
The rank requirements to the right are all excerpts from Rome's Guidelines and Structure, the "Mos Maiorum."
www.romanempire.net /romepage/CmnCht/Main_command_structure.htm   (119 words)

  
 "The Jewish community at Dura-Europos: portrait of a people," by Mary Stephanos
Roman Empire in which each city was administered in much the same fashion as the next, with little room for innovation or for the expression of local character.
Though Greek continued as the common language of the city's residents (including the Roman soldiers, one should point out), Latin was the official language of the Roman military, and learning Latin was an absolute necessity for entrance into the imperial civic structure.
Indeed, despite the fact that the Roman forces utilized at Dura were mainly of Syrian background, the close cultural and political relationship of these soldiers to the empire's center at Rome kept them apart from the city's Syrian civilian populace.
www.janus.umd.edu /May2001/Stephanos/05.html   (415 words)

  
 A Roman Education
They were, in fact, only for male offspring of patrician families that were temporarily short of funds or for male students, of whatever class, who might have upper class sponsorship.
A Roman school, whether private of public, would often be nothing more than a one-man operation in a single room or even in a shop booth in the marketplace.
A well-educated Roman male was ready to begin the long march to the top of the Roman political-military structure.
www.mmdtkw.org /VRomanEducation.html   (671 words)

  
 Staff Organization.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The invention of the military staff may be compared in importance with the rise of the administrative mechanisms of the state that appeared at the same time.
The command structure was almost fully articulated, and the appearance of titles for police patrols, district officers, and military judges suggested the presence of a military police force to keep order and discipline in the army.
For the first time there is evidence of a military intelligence service, reflected in the title, "master of the secrets of the king in the army." The regular presence of scribes suggested that much of the administrative routine may have been committed to permanent record.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/gabrmetz/gabr000f.htm   (605 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Roman Warfare (History of Warfare): Books: Adrian Goldsworthy,John Keegan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Romans built, and maintained, perhaps the greatest empire of all time--forged with an unequaled skill in warfare and a willingness to commit savagery in the name of victory.
Unlike other armies in antiquity, the Roman army evolved to be a formal institution with a distinctive military code, standard equipment, defined ranks and duties, as well as laws and procedures affecting the life and retirement of its soldiers.
It shows the origination of the Roman Military System, the development to its peak in the late republic- early empire period, and the decline of the Roman military along with the Empire.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0304352659?v=glance   (2451 words)

  
 Roman Military Sites in Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The army that invaded Britain in 43 AD at the command of the Emperor Claudius differed in structure from the one that gradually slipped under local control as the province became independent in the fifth century.
The Roman army in Britain acted as a police force, combating minor civil disorders or quelling cattle raids; was a tax enforcer; and provided skilled administrators and engineers to the provincial governor.
Military presence which is used where there is evidence of Roman military personnel but the type of site can not be identified.
www.morgue.demon.co.uk /Pages/Other_stuff/ARMY.HTM   (740 words)

  
 Rome
Roman expansion continued after the fall of Carthage and eventually the Roman Empire encompassed Alexander's conquests, minus the Indus Valley, plus most of Britain, southern Europe to the borders of the Rhine and Danube Rivers, and North Africa.
The Roman army of the late republic is often connected to the socalled Marian army reforms.
Roman generals interested in gaining the loyalty of the troops were therefore keen on securing special discharge benefits for their men.
www.geocities.com /delerius2001/Rome.htm   (2606 words)

  
 The Roman Army Page
These men were partly directly recruited from the Roman knights or the city councilmembers, but the greater part of the centurions had previously served as soldiers and NCO's in the legions or the praetorian cohorts.
With the spread of Roman citizenship among the population of the conquered territories the auxilia were increasingly recruiting citizens into the ranks, blurring the original division between peregrine auxiliaries and citizen legionaries.
Redeployment of units and the Roman practice of local recruitment of replacements meant that the ethnic titles borne by formations did not reflect the actual origins of its soldiers.
members.tripod.com /~S_van_Dorst/legio.html   (4085 words)

  
 Roman Military History
Woolliscroft, D.J., The Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge, Perth and Kinross, The Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee Monograph 3.
Military and Political Intelligence in the Roman World from the Second Punic War to the Battle of Adrianople, New York and London: Routledge, 1995.
Wheeler, Everett, Stratagem and the Vocabulary of Military Trickery, Leiden: Brill, 1988.
academics.vmi.edu /history_rms/roman.htm   (10015 words)

  
 Ancient Roman Military - Crystalinks
The magistrates decided who in the tribes were to be presented for selection.The word we translate as "magistrate" was a tribal official, named, of course, a tribunus ("of the tribus").
By the time of the military officer emperors that characterized the period following the Crisis of the Third Century the Roman army was just as likely to be attacking itself as an outside invader.Both the pre- and post-Marian armies were greatly assisted by auxiliary troops.
Also there would be military police present.As a unit, a legion was made up of ten cohorts, each of which was further divided into six centuries of eighty men, commanded by a centurion.
www.crystalinks.com /romemilitary.html   (4616 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Firmus
These are the development of Christianity as the predominant religion of the Roman state, and the impact of Roman rule in the provinces Augustine's brief mention of Firmus offers a glimpse of the religious unrest in Africa during this period.
An examination of Firmus' family and their position within the Roman social, political, and military structure reveals that the line between "barbarian" and "Roman" was a thin one indeed.
A distrust on the part of the provincials towards the imperial government, military leaders such as Romanus enriching themselves, and political dissension all seem to point to the fact that imperial rule in Africa was beginning to crumble.
www.roman-emperors.org /firmus.htm   (2013 words)

  
 World History Compass, Ancient Roman History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This exhibition tells the story of the Roman presence in Scotland in the first and second centuries AD, with emphasis on the Antonine Wall frontier and the life lived by the soldiers based in forts along its line.
Roman antiquity, including a photogazetteer of Roman and Etruscan cities and monuments and complete Latin texts.
Information on Roman law sources and literature, the teaching of Roman law, and the persons who engage in the study of Roman law.
www.worldhistorycompass.com /rome.htm   (543 words)

  
 Soldiers, cities & civilians in Roman Syria
Its three main subjects are the involvement of the eastern Roman army in the towns, the interaction between soldiers and civilians and the economic impact of the Roman army on the eastern provinces.
In addition it focuses on the diverse relationships between the military and the civilians, both formal and informal.
Regarding the economic impact of the Roman army a number of observations are made that challenge the traditional view of the Roman army as a benefiting provincial economy and stress the burden of the military presence.
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/242845   (461 words)

  
 Roman Army: Bibliography
Roman Gravestones from the Military Cemetery (Brussels 1993)
Irby-Massie, G.L., "The Roman Army and the Cult of the Campestres," ZPE 113 (1996) 293-300.
Mirkovic, Miroslava, "Military Diplomas from Viminacium and the Settlement of Auxiliary Veterans," Alföldy, Géza, Brian Dobson, & Werner Eck (edd.), Kaiser, Heer und Gesellschaft in der römischen Kaiserzeit: Gedenkschrift für Eric Birley (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2000).
www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/armybibl.html   (15124 words)

  
 Ancient Rome: Our Projects & Resources
There are beautiful images and online quizzes about the Roman army, the Roman legions and the spread of the empire.
The Roman empire was often the prey of power-seeking generals and the lack of an inbred dynasty resulted in relatively few deranged emperors.
There are three components to the project: documentation of standing remains; archaeological analysis; and urban study that seeks to interpret the developments at Pompeii in the broader context of urban history.
www.internet-at-work.com /hos_mcgrane/rome/eg_rome_intro.html   (3248 words)

  
 Who's Who in Roman Military Studies
In an attempt to aid Roman Military studies, this listing is an informal compilation of every scholar, expert and historian of the Roman military that we can identify.
Later Roman Military; the workings of the Roman Empire:current research is focused on the regions of Isauria and Cilicia
Roman and Hellenistic art, archaeology and history, especially of Italy and the eastern Mediterranean and near East
www.geocities.com /richsc53/studies/whoswhomilitary   (922 words)

  
 Life in the Ancient World   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Students then travel to the art museum for a sixty-to-ninety-minute tour of the ancient art collections, which include plaster casts of Greek, Egyptian, and Roman artworks housed in the museum's stairways as well as original pieces in the galleries.
They are introduced to the collections by being asked, for example, to find objects that were household items, or to compare the styles various cultures used to represent the human body.
Seven visiting students are dressed in period costumes and take the parts of young people from Rome, Egypt, and Greece comparing their respective cultures' approaches to life and death.
www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/970307/tours.html   (446 words)

  
 Rome: Military Resources
In general the bulk of the roman army was based a) in the West in the Rhine region during the reign of Augustus, but shifted later to the Danube border, and b) on the Eastern frontier towards Persia." Excerpted from Roman Numismatic Gallery.
Roman culture evolved through that time, from a small collection of villages on seven hills and the earliest kings, to the Republic, to the Empire, and it is still with us.
The Roman culture and military which created and held this together is a fascinating study of organization, arts, economics, discipline, technology and thinking.
intranet.dalton.org /groups/rome/RMil.html   (8162 words)

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