Army of the Roman Emperors

Introduction
Part I Iconographic sources on the Roman military by Dietrich Boschung
1. Introduction
2. Republican representations
3. The Early Empire: Augustus to Domitian
4. Representations from the middle imperial period
5. Representations from the Tetrarchic period
6. Representations from Late Antiquity
Part II General Questions on the Roman military
1. Introduction
2. A history of research
3. Armament and equipment
4. Find contexts of Roman weapons and equipment parts
5. Legionary or auxiliary equipment?
6. Rank insignia
7. On the reconstruction of Roman fighting methods
8. Comments on the re-enactment scene
9. Forgeries
Part III Costumes, weapons, and equipment of the army from original archaeological finds
1. Infantry
2. Cavalry
3. Artillery
4. Standards and instruments for signalling
5. Awards and decorations
6. Pioneer tools, tents, field pack
Part IV The buildings of the Roman army
1. Introduction
2. Roman camps and forts
3 The most important types of camps and forts
4. Late Roman fortifications
5. Military infrastructure
6 Limites and ripae
Part V Development periods of Roman military history
1. Introduction
2. Republic
3. The early Imperial period from Augustus to Nero
4. The middle Imperial period from Vespasian to Trajan
5. The middle Imperial period from Hadrian to Septimius Severus
6. The middle Imperial period from Caracalla to the reforms of Diocletian
7. The Late Roman period
Part VI The Roman navy
1. Arming and equipping the marines
2. Key points in the Roman fleets in the Imperial period by Thomas Schmidts
3. Roman Warships by Ronald Bockius
End matter
Bibliography
Illustration credits
Index
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