The Auxilia in Roman Britain and the Two Germanies from Augustus to Caracalla: Family, Religion and
This thesis examines the cultural and social relationships cultivated by ethnically diverse auxiliary soldiers in the western Roman empire. These soldiers were enrolled in the Roman auxilia, military units that drew primarily on the non-Roman subjects of the empire for their recruits in numbers that equaled the legionaries.
Ethnic recruitment and military mobility
I will touch on four instances of tribal recruitment…From these case studies, it will appear that the ethnic identity of units was maintained for much longer than is usually thought, and that the movement of families was a regular occurrence, not only confined to the officer class.
Circulation of Roman Coinage in Northern Europe in Late Antiquity
After a brief episode under Augustus , mass export of coins from the Empire to the North resumed during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and continued — with varying intensity and many interruptions — until the late 5th, in some regions, even into A.D. 6th century
Mapping the Crisis of the Third Century
The Greek philosopher and sophist Protagoras would surely not mind this reuse of one of his most famous statements. “Concerning the crisis of the third century, I have no means of knowing whether there was one or not, or of what sort of a crisis it may have been.
Caesar's battle-descriptions and the defeat of Ariovistus
The first part of this paper will illustrate this point from three of Caesar’s more routine battle descriptions, The second will turn to the most difficult and controversial of all his topographical accounts, that of the war with Ariovistus.
Separating Romans and barbarians: rural settlement and Romano-British material culture in North Britain
This thesis investigates the role which Roman artefacts played within rural settlements in North Britain during the Romano-British period. The possibility that Roman artefacts were used by native Britons as markers of prestige is explored through the presence or absence of Roman artefact types.