Armed Batavians: Use And Significance Of Weaponry And Horse Gear From Non-military Contexts In The Rhine Delta (50 Bc To Ad 450)
by Johan Nicolay /
2007 / English / PDF
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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 Nicolays research is an extensive inventory of militaria from urban centers, rural settlements, rivers, and gravespresented 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 Introducing a considerable body of unpublished data, as well as offering a perspective on daily life in the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, this volume is a valuable addition to Roman military and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.
