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Armed Batavians : Use and Significance of Weaponry and Horse Gear from Non-military Contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450) /
Using a life-cycle model for Roman soldiers, Johan Nicolay interprets the large quantity of first-century finds as personal memorabilia brought home by ex-soldiers as a reminder of their twenty-five years of service and a symbol of their newly-acquired veteran status. Underpinning Nicolay's res...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2007]
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| Colección: | Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Military equipment and horse gear: a survey
- 3. An analysis of the finds at the regional and site level
- 4. Production and symbolic imagery
- 5. Military equipment and the life cycle of a Roman soldier
- 6. Non-military use of weaponry and horse gear in urban and rural settlements
- 7. Warriors, soldiers and civilians. Use and significance of weaponry and horse gear in a changing socio-political context
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Appendices 1-4
- About the plates and the catalogue
- Plates