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.
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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| Superior document: | Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 11. |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2007. |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Amsterdam archaeological studies ;
11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 407 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
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Table of 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