Armed Batavians : use and significance of weaponry and horse gear from non-military contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450)

Armed Batavians use and significance of weaponry and horse gear from non-military contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450)

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Nicolay, Johan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2007.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 11.
Materias:
Horses > Netherlands > Equipment and supplies.
Batavi (Germanic people)
Netherlands > Antiquities, Roman.
Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands) > Antiquities, Roman.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431127006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • 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

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