Settlement and soldiers in the Roman Near East / David L. Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, D. L., 1948- author.

Series:

Collected studies ; CS1032.

Collected studies

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land settlement--Syria--History--To 1500.

Land settlement.

Romans--Syria.

Romans.

History.

Syria.

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Rome--Army--Colonial forces.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Armies.

Physical Description:

x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2013.

Contents:

The Roman near East

Demography, the population of Syria and the census of Q. Aemilius Secundus

The identity of Roman Gerasa: an archaeological approach

The frontier of settlement in Roman Arabia: Gerasa to Umm el-Jimal, and beyond

Water supply and use in the Southern Hauran, Jordan

The special command of M. Valerius Lollianus

C. Velius Rufus

Legio VI Ferrata, the annexation and early garrison of Arabia

The construction of a vexillation from the army of Syria and the origin of alae milliariae

The garrisoning of Mesopotamia in the late Antonine and early Severan period

'Europaean' soldiers at the Severan siege of Hatra

The military contribution of Syria to the Roman imperial army

Two Nabataean and Roman sites in southern Jordan: Khirbet el-Qirana and Khirbet el-Khalde.

Notes:

Various pagings; page count from p. vi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409464365

1409464369

OCLC:

835971908

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