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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolay, Johan, author.

Series:

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 11.

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horses--Netherlands--Equipment and supplies.

Horses.

Batavi (Germanic people).

Netherlands--Antiquities, Roman.

Netherlands.

Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands)--Antiquities, Roman.

Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 407 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 research is an extensive inventory of militaria from urban centers, rural settlements, rivers, and graves-presented in nearly one hundred individual color plates. Introducing a considerable body of unpublished data, as well as offering a perspective on daily life in the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, this volume is a valuable addition to Roman military and material history.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-284).

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 10 2025)

ISBN:

1-003-69103-X

1-04-079132-8

1-283-33454-2

9786613334541

90-485-1579-3

9781003691037

OCLC:

774282641