Soldiers, cities, and civilians in Roman Syria / Nigel Pollard.
2000
DS62.2 .P65 2000 (Mapit)
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Title
Soldiers, cities, and civilians in Roman Syria / Nigel Pollard.
Author
Pollard, Nigel, 1962-
ISBN
0472111558 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780472111558 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780472111558 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2000.
Language
English
Description
x, 349 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
DS62.2 .P65 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification
939/.4
Summary
"Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians examines the impact of the Roman army on urbanization in Syria; political, cultural, and social relations between soldiers and civilians; and the effects of the Roman army on the economy of the region. The book looks at the basing of soldiers in cities in the early and middle empire (a phenomenon unique to the eastern provinces) and at the impact military requirements had on the development of new "fortress cities" in the later empire. It examines the duties soldiers performed and the privileges they held vis-a-vis civilians, as well as informal relations between the two groups, relations defined by such factors as ethnicity, religion, and intermarriage.
It considers the impact of army pay and supply on the broad regional economy, drawing on numismatic, archaeological, and textual evidence." "The study of the Roman Near East, including the Roman army based there, is an area of much scholarly interest today. Likewise, the general issues of Roman imperialism and the nature of soldier-civilian relationships are important topics of discussion. Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria will appeal not only to scholars of Roman history and archaeology but also to scholars with comparative interests in the history and archaeology of empires and colonial societies."--Jacket.
It considers the impact of army pay and supply on the broad regional economy, drawing on numismatic, archaeological, and textual evidence." "The study of the Roman Near East, including the Roman army based there, is an area of much scholarly interest today. Likewise, the general issues of Roman imperialism and the nature of soldier-civilian relationships are important topics of discussion. Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria will appeal not only to scholars of Roman history and archaeology but also to scholars with comparative interests in the history and archaeology of empires and colonial societies."--Jacket.
Note
It considers the impact of army pay and supply on the broad regional economy, drawing on numismatic, archaeological, and textual evidence." "The study of the Roman Near East, including the Roman army based there, is an area of much scholarly interest today. Likewise, the general issues of Roman imperialism and the nature of soldier-civilian relationships are important topics of discussion. Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria will appeal not only to scholars of Roman history and archaeology but also to scholars with comparative interests in the history and archaeology of empires and colonial societies."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
The Roman army and cities in Syria and Mesopotamia. City into fortress : the Roman army and cities in Syria and Mesopotamia to the mid-third century A.D. ; Fortress cities in the East in the later Roman Empire
The Roman Army and civilians in Syria and Mesopotamia : formal and informal interaction. Formal interaction : the Roman army as agent of imperial control ; Informal Interaction : ethnicity and integration
The Roman army and the regional economy of Syria and Mesopotamia. The regional economy of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Principate ; Economic change and the Roman army in the later Empire ; The Roman army, exploitation, and investment
General conclusions
Catalogue of sites from the Principate mentioned in the main text
Catalogue of sites from the later Empire mentioned in the main text.
The Roman Army and civilians in Syria and Mesopotamia : formal and informal interaction. Formal interaction : the Roman army as agent of imperial control ; Informal Interaction : ethnicity and integration
The Roman army and the regional economy of Syria and Mesopotamia. The regional economy of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Principate ; Economic change and the Roman army in the later Empire ; The Roman army, exploitation, and investment
General conclusions
Catalogue of sites from the Principate mentioned in the main text
Catalogue of sites from the later Empire mentioned in the main text.